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1321) Genetic Diversity and Population Structure of Potato Germplasm in RDA-Genebank: Utilization for Breeding and Conservation
Potato is an important staple food and economic crop in many countries. It is of critical importance to understand the genetic diversity and population structure for effective collection, conservation, and utilization of potato germplasm. Thus, the objective of the present study was to investigate the...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2021
1322) Farmer seed networks make a limited contribution to agriculture? Four common misconceptions
The importance of seed provisioning in food security and nutrition, agricultural development and rural livelihoods, and agrobiodiversity and germplasm conservation is well accepted by policy makers, practitioners and researchers. The role of farmer seed networks is less well understood and yet is central...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Africa; Europe; Latin America and the Caribbean; South West Pacific
Publication year: 2015
1323) Breeding with Teosinte, Wild Ancestor of Corn
Crop wild relatives provide diverse genes with often beneficial traits for plant breeders seeking to diversify and improve crops. Join Dr. Pat Byrne (CSU Soil and Crop Sciences) to see how teosinte (Zea mays subsp. parviglumis), the wild ancestor of corn, is bred with a cultivated corn. This demo plot...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2023
1324) Landrace hotspots identification. Farmer’s Pride: Networking, partnerships and tools to enhance in situ conservation of European plant genetic resources
Based on the available data from 14 European countries, this report identifies 100 landrace diversity hotspots for potential inclusion in a European network for in situ conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2020
1325) Access and benefit sharing in participatory plant breeding in Southwest China
This contribution discusses access and benefit sharing within the context of participatory plant breeding. It presents how Chinese farmers and breeders interact in relation to crop improvement and on-farm maintenance of plant genetic resources. Based on more than a decade of action research, a number...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2016