Sentences with phrase «progenitor of the cassava»
From a childhood fascination with cactus plants, to field work in Brazil tracing the wild progenitor of the cassava plant, to learning the subtleties of rice cultivation from an expert farmer in the highlands of Thailand, evolutionary biologist Barbara Schaal has found science to be «just so much...
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From a childhood fascination with cactus plants, to field work in Brazil tracing the wild progenitor of the cassava plant, to learning the subtleties of rice cultivation from an expert farmer in the highlands of Thailand, evolutionary biologist Barbara Schaal has found science to be «just so much fun.»
It took a decade of work before Schaal and Kenneth M. Olsen, then a graduate student, reported finding the wild progenitor of the cassava plant in a region along the southern border of the Amazon basin.