Hunting the Wild Fava
Thursday, December 8, 2016 - 11:31
in Biology & Nature
The wild faba - today, fava - bean is believed to be extinct. Dr. Elisabeth Boaretto has identified the oldest known faba beans - about 14,000 years old. Understanding how the wild fabas survived can help scientists grow hardier fava crops today. Favas are a major source of nutrition in many parts of the world