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756) Can Agricultural Citizen Science Improve Seed Systems? The contributions of crowdsourcing participatory variety selection through on-farm triadic comparisons of technologies
Using on-farm triadic comparisons of technologies (tricot) for crowdsourcing participatory variety selection is a citizen–science methodology for agriculture. Developed by Bioversity International as part of a programme known as Seeds for Needs, it allows large numbers of farmers to test different...
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019
757) Strengthening Seed Systems Promoting Community Based Seed Systems for Biodiversity Conservation and Food & Nutrition Security in South Asia
The book is an output of a regional experts’ consultation program on “Partnership to Strengthen Community Based Seed Systems in South Asia”, organized by the SAARC Agriculture Center (SAC), the Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) and the Pakistan Agricultural Research...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Asia
Publication year: 2020
758) Assessing Plant Genetic Diversity by Molecular Tools
This paper is an overview of the diverse, predominantly molecular techniques, used in assessing plant genetic diversity.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2009
759) Biobanking of vegetable genetic resources by in vitro conservation and cryopreservation
Over the last 30 years, considerable progresses have been made in the development of ex situ conservation strategies, complementary to traditional seed banks and in-field clonal collections. Efficient protocols were developed for the conservation of a large number of crops, including strategically-important...
Subject: Seed system
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
760) Toward Integrated Conservation of North America's Crop Wild Relatives
North America harbors a rich native flora of crop wild relatives—the progenitors and closely related species of domesticated plants—as well as a range of culturally significant wild utilized plants. Despite their current and potential future value, they are rarely prioritized for conservation efforts;...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: North America
Publication year: 2020