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The ‘Leicester’ Casta Paintings

The ‘Leicester’ Casta Paintings

Mar 30, 2023 | Casta Paintings, News

I spoke at a fascinating conference about the ‘Leicester’ Casta Paintings

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Potato Quote

‘When some Colombian potato varieties are lightly grazed by a pest, the plants respond by growing larger tubers, at times doubling their yields. . . .The option of increasing productivity based on the compensatory plant response could open the door to a decrease in insecticide use.’

— Krishna Ramanujan, ‘When Pests Graze Certain Potatoes, Yields Double’, Cornell Chronicle, 10 January 2018.
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