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International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

An in situ approach to the conservation of temperate cereal crop wild relatives in the Mediterranean Basin and Asian centre of diversity

Cereal crops are one of the most widely consumed and most valuable crops for humankind. The species have been domesticated for over 10,000 years and as such have lost much of the genetic diversity that is present within their wild relatives. Future breeding efforts will require the use of genetic diversity from crop wild relatives (CWRs) to help improve our cereal crops. This study aims to identify an in situ conservation network within the Mediterranean Basin and west Asia for the four cereal crops, barley (Hordeum L.), oat (Avena L.), rye (Secale L.) and wheat (Aegilops L., Amblyopyrum L., Triticum L.).
ThemeTechnical Resources
SubjectCrop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
PublisherPlant Genetic Resources: Characterization and Utilization
Publication year2019
RegionsEurope; Near East; Africa
LanguagesEnglish
Resource typePublications
Resource linkhttps://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/plant-genetic-resources/article/abs/an-in-situ-approach-to-the-conservation-of-temperate-cereal-crop-wild-relatives-in-the-mediterranean-basin-and-asian-centre-of-diversity/FA82C3B818851C553D940B495607F717#access-block
KeywordsCrop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species; Plant breeding; Seed management; Agricultural biodiversity
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