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936) Diversity and Adaptation of Currently Grown Wheat Landraces and Modern Germplasm in Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey
Collection of wheat landraces (WLR) was conducted in Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey in 2010–2014. Overall, 157 genotypes were tested in Turkey in 2018 and 2019 and in Afghanistan and Iran in 2019 under rainfed conditions to compare performance of WLR and modern material. Three groups of landraces demonstrated...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Near East; Europe
Publication year: 2021
937) BSF project "Building sustainable livelihoods trough on farm conservation"
" Building sustainable livelihoods trough on farm conservation" is one of the projects supported by the Benefit-Sharing Fund of the International Treaty for Food and Agriculture (Second Cycle). This project aims to reintroduce strategic crops in semi-arid zones: yams, sorghum, finger millet and cowpeas....
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
938) Biodiversity of Food Species of the Solanaceae Family: A Preliminary Taxonomic Inventory of Subfamily Solanoideae
Over the last fifty years there has been a continual reduction in horticultural and agricultural biodiversity of nutritionally important plants, including those of the Solanaceae family. To add to this, the broad range of traditional crops, previously grown on a sustainable scale in some parts of the...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2015
939) Crop Wild Relatives: A Manual of in situ Conservation
This manual, the first in a new series of Issues in Agricultural Biodiversity from Earthscan and Bioversity International, focuses on the in situ, or on the ground, conservation of crop wild relatives. These species represent a vital genetic resource for breeding the new and better varieties that will...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2011
940) 9 Key-Concepts of Food Diversity
DIVERSIFOOD is a H2020 European project (2015-2019) aiming to enrich cultivated biodiversity by testing, renewing and promoting underutilized or forgotten crops, species and varieties. Using the multi-actor approach, it supports the dissemination of a new food culture, based on diverse, tasty and healthy...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2017