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1356) Developing Crop Descriptor Lists
The world faces a continual need to increase crop productivity, and to develop new varieties more adapted to changing environmental and biological challenges or to meet the evolving needs of local communities. To meet these needs and challenges, farmers and breeders not only must have access to a wide...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2007
1357) Strengthening community seed banks in South Africa
This report describes the main activities carried out in 2018-2019 of three community seed banks that have been set up with the DAFF and Bioversity’s help in Gumbu, Sterkspruit and Jericho.
Subject: Farming Systems
Regions:
Publication year: 2019
1358) Post-harvest handling of seed collections
The effort put into collecting high-quality seeds may be wasted if you don’t handle collections carefully after harvest. By following these practical guidelines you will be able to avoid unacceptable loss of viability during collecting trips and ensure that seeds arrive at the seed bank in good condition....
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2014
1359) Assessing a population for seed collection
The most difficult moment for a seed collector is often deciding whether a population meets the minimum quality and quantity standards for seed sampling for a particular purpose or project. This information sheet provides guidelines and a tool - the pre-collection checklist - to help collectors carry...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2014
1360) Trans Situ Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives
In the face of unprecedented climatic disasters, social conflict, and political uncertainty, integrating in situ and ex situ strategies may become increasingly necessary to effectively conserve crop wild relatives (CWR). This paper introduces the concept of trans situ conservation to safeguard CWR genetic...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019