News & Events

25-29 Jul, 2009 - Solanaceae Source team take over the slopes at Snowbird.

Look out for the Solanaceae Source team in Tuesday's Solanum session. Read more...

2008 - David Spooner and Flor Rodríguez visit Utah.

David Spooner and Flor Rodríguez visited the Bohs lab in Utah during a trip to prepare for the 2008 Botany meetings at Snowbird. Read more...

2008 - PBI Solanum contributes to the International Year of the Potato.

The United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) has declared 2008 the International Year of the Potato. PBI funding delivered through the Solanum project has stimulated much research into this extremely valuable plant. Read more...

February, 2008 - DNA from herbarium specimens settles a controversy about origins of the European potato.

PBI Solanum team members, Mercedes Ames and David Spooner change history and in doing so highlight the enormous value of specimens in investigating the origins of crop plants. Read more...

7-11 July, 2007 - Botany & Plant Biology 2007 Joint Congress (Chicago, USA).

The PBI Solanum team all met together at the Joint Botany 2007 meetings in Chicago in early July. Read more...

19 July, 2006 - Australian Kangaroo Apple species found in Westminster (London, UK).

The Natural History Museum identified the plant as: Solanum laciniatum Aiton., a species most like Solanum aviculare G.Forst. (also called the kangaroo apple). Read more from the NHM or BBC news.

23-27 July, 2006 - Solanaceae VI Madison, Wisconsin, USA.