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461) Diversity and Adaptation of Currently Grown Wheat Landraces and Modern Germplasm in Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey

Collection of wheat landraces (WLR) was conducted in Afghanistan, Iran, and Turkey in 2010–2014. Overall, 157 genotypes were tested in Turkey in 2018 and 2019 and in Afghanistan and Iran in 2019 under rainfed conditions to compare performance of WLR and modern material. Three groups of landraces demonstrated...

Subject: Plant breeding techniques and approaches

Regions: Near East; Europe

Publication year: 2021

462) Biodiversity of Food Species of the Solanaceae Family: A Preliminary Taxonomic Inventory of Subfamily Solanoideae

Over the last fifty years there has been a continual reduction in horticultural and agricultural biodiversity of nutritionally important plants, including those of the Solanaceae family. To add to this, the broad range of traditional crops, previously grown on a sustainable scale in some parts of the...

Subject: Crop diversity

Regions: Global

Publication year: 2015

463) Status of Underutilised Crops in South Africa: Opportunities for Developing Research Capacity

Underutilised crops represent an important component of agro-biodiversity with potential to contribute to climate change adaptation, food security and sovereignty in poor rural areas. However, despite emerging research interest, they continue to occupy the peripheries of mainstream agriculture. There...

Subject: Crop wild relatives, neglected and underutilized species

Regions: Africa

Publication year: 2017

464) Plant Genebanks: Present Situation and Proposals for Their Improvement. the Case of the Spanish Network

Genebanks were created by the middle of the twentieth century to preserve cultivated biodiversity when landraces began to be substituted by modern varieties. After about 75 years of collecting and maintaining genetic resources, the increasing ability of biotechnology to create new variability brings...

Subject: Seed system

Regions: Europe

Publication year: 2018

465) A New Native Seed Cooperative Aims to Rebuild Indigenous Foodways

The Indigenous Seed Growers Network sprouted from the pandemic, and is quickly evolving to help communities secure their own food systems for generations to come. In recent months, the cooperative has hosted a seed census which involves identifying where seeds are located and how much seed supply each...