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This document presents the proceedings of a Joint workshop between the ECPGR project "Promoting implementation of national and regional crop wild relative (CWR) conservation strategies through sharing of knowledge and experiences to create an integrated European strategy for CWR conservation" and the...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2017
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are a good source of useful alleles for climate change adaptation. Here, 19 durum wheat, 24 barley, and 24 lentil elites incorporating CWR in their pedigrees were yield tested against commercial checks across 19 environments located in Morocco, Ethiopia, Lebanon, and Senegal....
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa; Near East
Publication year: 2021
The Crop Wild Relatives Global Portal was created within the framework of the UNEP-GEF supported project “In situ conservation of crop wild relatives through enhanced information management and field application” (2004-2010). The portal further expanded under the EU-ACP funded project “In situ...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Africa
Publication year: N/A
Crop wild relatives (CWRs) are an important source of genetic diversity for crop improvement. The aim of this study was to assess the usefulness of deploying CWRs in durum wheat [Triticum turgidum L. subsp. durum (Desf.) van Slageren] breeding. A set of 60 accessions was selected to include cultivars...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Global
Publication year: 2020
In this report, Farmer’s Pride project partners assess the potential of the Natura 2000 network to secure crop wild relative (CWR) diversity. They present results of analyses showing the priority CWR populations that occur within the limits of the network and analyse the coverage and efficiency of...
Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species
Regions: Europe
Publication year: 2020