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1486) Evaluation of Wild Lentil Species as Genetic Resources to Improve Drought Tolerance in Cultivated Lentil
Increasingly unpredictable annual rainfall amounts and distribution patterns have far reaching implications for pulse crop biology. Seedling and whole plant survival will be affected given that water is a key factor in plant photosynthesis and also influences the evolving disease spectrum that affects...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2017
1487) BSF project "Marker assisted selection for potato germplasm adapted to biotic and abiotic stresses caused by global climate change"
Potato (Solanum tuberosum) ranks as the world's third most important food crop, after wheat and rice, and provides a significant contribution to the global food supply as well as playing a key role for food security and subsistence of Peruvian and Ecuadorian Andean smallholders. The extreme temperatures,...
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Regions: Latin America and the Caribbean
Publication year: N/A
1488) The role of Biotechnology in exploring and protecting agricultural genetic resources
The book aims to provide an updated overview of the current status of the world's genetic resources for food and agriculture, of the use of biotechnology tools for characterizing and conserving these genetic resources, and of the many specific issues involved in applying them in developing countries....
Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2006
1489) Seed Freedom – A Global Citizens’ Report
This report showcases the multitude of farmer and citizen initiatives throughout the world for the preservation of agricultural biodiversity. Among these, it mentions the farmers’ seed bank in Garmsar, Iran and presents two stories of Iranian farmers involved in the CENESTA project.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global; Near East
Publication year: 2012
1490) Diversity and Management of Useful Homegardens Plant Species in Arba Minch Town, Southern Ethiopia: Implication for Plant Diversity Conservation and Food Security
Homegardens host a significant portion of plant biodiversity and played an important role towards the development of early agriculture and domestication of crops and fruit trees, a still ongoing process. This study was conducted on homegardens of Arba Minch town, Southern Ethiopia with the aim of documenting...
Subject: Traditional Knowledge
Regions: Africa
Publication year: 2018