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1346) Wild Relatives of Maize, Rice, Cotton, and Soybean: Treasure Troves for Tolerance to Biotic and Abiotic Stresses
High yielding varieties with proven tolerance to biotic and abiotic stresses, superior nutritional profiles, and the ability to adapt to the changing environment are needed for continued agricultural sustainability. The narrow genetic base of modern cultivars is becoming a major bottleneck for crop improvement...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
1347) Treaty Talks Podcast: A deep dive into data on crop diversity and how this can shape future planning
Cassandra Quave in conversation with Colin Khoury, lead author of the study on “The plants that feeds the world”. Khoury reflects on the value of data and main insights that the study presents on the crops and crop varieties that are currently most important to our agriculture and food security at...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2023
1348) BSF project "Improving food security by enhancing wheat production and its resilience to climate change through maintaining the diversity of currently grown landraces"
In Afghanistan, Iran and Turkey, wheat plays a very important role in food security and resilience. While wheat landraces are still cultivated by farmers, climate change has resulted in unstable wheat production across Central and West Asia and increased vulnerability of the rural population. This Benefit-sharing...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Near East; Europe
Publication year: N/A
1349) Cryopreservation and In Vitro banking: a cool subject – Preface from the editors
Plant breeding depends largely on having access to a wide variety of plant genetic resources, which are vulnerable to losses caused by biotic and abiotic threats when grown in the field or in a greenhouse. Thus, cryopreservation or in vitro banking is a safe strategy for long-term conservation of such...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2021
1350) BSF project "Strengthening on-farm conservation and utilization of PGRFA to support farmers’ adaptation to climate change and improved livelihoods in Albania"
In recent decades, climate change has seriously affected food security and food production among farming communities in Albania, especially among those living in mountainous areas of the country. The project "Strengthening on-farm conservation and utilization of PGRFA to support farmers’ adaptation...
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions: Europe
Publication year: N/A