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Harnessing crop diversity. [PDF]
Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A, 2023 McCouch SR, Rieseberg LH.
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Biocultural diversity and crop improvement [PDF]
Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2023 Biocultural diversity is the ever-evolving and irreplaceable sum total of all living organisms inhabiting the Earth. It plays a significant role in sustainable productivity and ecosystem services that benefit humanity and is closely allied with human cultural diversity.
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Genetic diversity in a crop metapopulation [PDF]
Heredity, 2009 The need to protect crop genetic resources has sparked a growing interest in the genetic diversity maintained in traditional farming systems worldwide. Although traditional seed management has been proposed as an important determinant of genetic diversity and structure in crops, no models exist that can adequately describe the genetic effects of seed ...
van Heerwaarden, J. +2 more
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Crop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity [PDF]
New Phytologist, 2021 SummaryCrop diversity underpins the productivity, resilience and adaptive capacity of agriculture. Loss of this diversity, termed crop genetic erosion, is therefore concerning. While alarms regarding evident declines in crop diversity have been raised for over a century, the magnitude, trajectory, drivers and significance of these losses remain ...
Khoury, Colin K +14 more
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Crop Diversity for Yield Increase
PLoS ONE, 2009 Las prácticas agrícolas tradicionales sugieren que el cultivo de una mezcla de especies de cultivos en el mismo campo a través de la gestión temporal y espacial puede ser ventajoso para aumentar los rendimientos y prevenir enfermedades, pero la evidencia de las pruebas de campo a gran escala es limitada. El aumento de la diversidad de cultivos a través
Chengyun Li +19 more
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Genetic Dissection of Root System Architectural Traits in Spring Barley
Frontiers in Plant Science, 2019 Breeding new crop cultivars with efficient root systems carries great potential to enhance resource use efficiency and plant adaptation to unstable climates. Here, we evaluated the natural variation of root system architectural traits in a diverse spring
Zhongtao Jia +6 more
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Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, 2023 Prior research suggests that greater spatial diversity in crops and land use is associated with higher crop yields and improved ecosystem function. However, what leads to the emergence of agricultural systems that meet both productivity and ecological ...
Katherine S. Nelson, Emily K. Burchfield
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Crop Diversity Management System Commons: Revisiting the Role of Genebanks in the Network of Crop Diversity Actors [PDF]
Agronomy, 2021 This paper rethinks the governance of genebanks in a social and political context that has significantly evolved since their establishment. The theoretical basis for the paper is the commons conceptual framework in relation to both seed and plant genetic resources.
Louafi, Sélim +8 more
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Crop Species Production Diversity Enhances Revenue Stability in Low-Income Farm Regions of Mexico
Agriculture, 2022 Stabilizing farm revenues is a goal of agricultural policies around the world, especially in vulnerable regions with limited access to crop insurance. One potential pathway to revenue stability follows the agricultural “insurance hypothesis”, which holds
Matthew C. LaFevor
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Horticulturae, 2023 In recent decades, China has made significant strides in food and nutrition security, yet challenges persist in the western rural regions, especially in Guangxi. Farming households in this area face heightened vulnerability due to limited arable land and
Xinjian Chen +3 more
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