Buerki Lab News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana
Stay updated with breaking news from Buerki lab. Get real-time updates on events, politics, business, and more. Visit us for reliable news and exclusive interviews.
Top News In Buerki Lab Today - Breaking & Trending Today
Boise State News March 9, 2021 Paige Ellestad and farmer Raul Manual in front of his vanilla vines in La Chinantla, Oaxaca, Mexico. The Vulnerability of Vanilla Vanilla is the world’s second most treasured spice, after saffron. In 2018, it was valued at $515 per kilogram, nearly the same price as silver. Yet where is this species of orchid (Vanilla planifolia) distributed across the world? Multiple hypotheses of vanilla in the Americas, stemming from a long and varied history of conquest, collection, and cultivation makes the true homeland and the current distribution of vanilla a fuzzy question mark. “It was transported all over the world to be cultivated, but it was propagated clonally,” said Paige Ellestad, a doctoral student in the Ecology, Evolution and Behavior program. “So that means that almost all of the vanilla that’s grown in the world is just a clone from one source in Mexico.” ....