 |
 |
Technical Resources | Help on this page |
176) Botanic Gardens Are Important Contributors to Crop Wild Relative Preservation
Humans rely on crop wild relatives (CWRs) for sustainable agriculture and food security through augmentation of crop yield, disease resistance, and climatic tolerance, among other important traits. Many CWRs are underrepresented in crop gene banks. With at least one-third of known plant species maintained...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2019
177) Botanic Gardens Complement Agricultural Gene Bank in Collecting and Conserving Plant Genetic Diversity
The role of botanic gardens in the conservation of Crop Wild Relatives is becoming increasingly important. At least 6000 taxa related to 68 crop genera are maintained by the world's botanic gardens with several gardens having specialist collections. The extent of infra-specific genetic diversity of these...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2018
178) Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)'s GardenSearch database
Providing gardens with a visible web presence, even when they don't have a website, GardenSearch is the only global source for information on botanic gardens. The database includes information on over 3,709 botanical institutions worldwide.
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
179) Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)'s PlantSearch database
BGCI’s PlantSearch is the only global database of living plant, seed and tissue collections. It contains about 1,515,108 collection records, representing 622,694 taxa, at 1,177 contributing institutions. The user can locate threatened, rare, medicinal and other plant species in living collections hence,...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A
180) Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI)'s ThreatSearch database
BGCI’s ThreatSearch database is the most comprehensive database of conservation assessments of plants. ThreatSearch lists global, regional and national red list assessments for plants. It lists conservation assessments from a variety of sources. The aim is for ThreatSearch to be a one-stop shop to...
Subject: Crop diversity
Regions: Global
Publication year: N/A