1371) Evaluation of Garlic Landraces from Foggia Province (Puglia Region; Italy)

In the present study, six garlic landraces collected from the Foggia Province (S-E Italy) have been assessed for their chemical composition (minerals, organic acids, free sugars, volatile, and phenolic compounds) along with their main morpho-biometrical traits. A commercial genotype was also considered...

Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species

Regions: Europe

Publication year: 2020

1372) How is the biodiversity of cultivated tropical plants conserved?

Subject: Crop diversity

Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean

Publication year: 2015

1373) SEEDS TOOLKIT Module 6: Seed storage

It is estimated that 25–33% of the world grain crop including seeds is lost each year during storage, and this has a significant effect on global food security. The impact is even greater in food-deficit developing countries, where every year farmers struggle to preserve their seeds as basic input...

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Global

Publication year: 2018

1374) Food security and environment conservation through sustainable use of wild and semi-wild edible plants: a case study in Berek Natural Forest, Oromia special zone, Ethiopia

Wild edible plants (WEPs) have an important role for rural communities in safeguarding food security, nutritive variation and continued earnings. Their significance, management and utilization are not fully documented. The objectives of this study are to identify and document wild and semi-wild edible...

Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species

Regions: Africa

Publication year: 2021

1375) Potential Short-Term Memory Induction as a Promising Method for Increasing Drought Tolerance in Sweetpotato Crop Wild Relatives [Ipomoea series Batatas (Choisy) D. F. Austin]

Crop wild relatives of sweetpotato are a group of species with potential for use in crop improvement programs seeking to breed for drought tolerance. Stress memory in this group could enhance these species’ physiological response to drought, though no studies have yet been conducted in this area. In...

Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species

Regions: Global

Publication year: 2020