1536) Status of the Ex Situ and In Situ Conservation of Brazilian Crop Wild Relatives of Rice, Potato, Sweet Potato, and Finger Millet: Filling the Gaps of Germplasm Collections

This study presents the status of ex situ and in situ conservation for the crop wild relatives of rice, potato, sweet potato, and finger millet in Brazil, and the subsequent germplasm collection expeditions. This research is part of a global initiative entitled “Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change:...

Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species

Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean

Publication year: 2021

1537) Short catalogue of traditional seeds

Subject: Traditional Knowledge

Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean

Publication year: 2022

1538) Participatory plant breeding: Who did it, who does it and where?

The paper provides an overview of institutions, scientists, and practitioners involved over the years in the various ways in which participatory plant breeding (PPB) is implemented, with indication of the crops involved and the countries in which it took place, or is still taking place. This might help...

Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches

Regions: Global

Publication year: 2020

1539) Past and Future Use of Wild Relatives in Crop Breeding

Wild species related to agricultural crops (crop wild relatives, or CWR) can increase the adaptive capacity of agricultural systems around the world. They represent a large pool of genetic diversity from which to draw new allelic variation required in breeding programs. Crop wild relatives have been...

Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species

Regions: Global

Publication year: 2017

1540) A Crop Wild Relative Inventory for Mexico

Crop wild relatives (CWR) are valuable sources of variation for the genetic improvement of crops. Mexico is an important center of diversity of crops and CWR. However, this diversity is threatened by climate change, habitat degradation, increasing human population, among other factors. Given the large...

Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species

Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean

Publication year: 2018