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A prioritised inventory of crop wild relatives and wild harvested plants of Tunisia

open access: yesGenetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2022
An inventory of crop wild relatives (CWR) and wild harvested plants (WHP) occurring in Tunisia, based on the integration of the last available floristic checklists, is presented.
Ridha El Mokni   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Phylogeny and Biogeography of Morus (Moraceae)

open access: yesAgronomy, 2023
The mulberry genus, Morus L. (Moraceae), has long been taxonomically difficult, and its species circumscription has only been defined recently. This genus comprises ca.
Chen-Xuan Yang   +14 more
doaj   +1 more source

In situ and ex situ conservation gap analyses of West African priority crop wild relatives

open access: yesGenetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2022
Crop wild relatives are genetically related wild taxa of crops with unique resources for crop improvement through the transfer of novel and profitable genes.
M. Nduche   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Hybridization between wild and cultivated potato species in the Peruvian Andes and biosafety implications for deployment of GM potatoes [PDF]

open access: yes, 2008
The nature and extent of past and current hybridization between cultivated potato and wild relatives in nature is of interest to crop evolutionists, taxonomists, breeders and recently to molecular biologists because of the possibilities of inverse gene ...
Celis Gamboa, B.C.   +4 more
core   +4 more sources

Epigenetic modifications: Allusive clues of lncRNA functions in plants

open access: yesComputational and Structural Biotechnology Journal, 2023
Long non-coding RNAs (lncRNAs) have been verified as flexible and important factors in various biological processes of multicellular eukaryotes, including plants.
Wenjing Yang   +4 more
doaj   +1 more source

Climate Change Reveals Contractions and Expansions in the Distribution of Suitable Habitats for the Neglected Crop Wild Relatives of the Genus Vigna (Savi) in Benin

open access: yesFrontiers in Conservation Science, 2022
Sustainable conservation of crop wild relatives is one of the pathways to securing global food security amid climate change threats to biodiversity.
Leonard Manda   +3 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Biogeographic patterns and environmental drivers of species richness in the globally distributed Millettioid/Phaseoloid clade (Fabaceae, subfamily Papilionoideae)

open access: yesFrontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2023
IntroductionThe Millettioid/Phaseoloid (MP) clade of Fabaceae is globally distributed, economically important, and highly diverse, making it an attractive system for studying biogeographic and macroecological patterns at a global scale.
Oyetola O. Oyebanji   +19 more
doaj   +1 more source

Importance of agriculture for Crop Wild Relatives conservation in Switzerland

open access: yesbioRxiv, 2022
Crop Wild Relatives are a subset of the global plant diversity that is often neglected, as not the primary focus for conservationists or plant breeders. However, a relatively large portion of the wild flora, up to 60% in Switzerland for example, do share
B. Petitpierre   +4 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Conservation status assessment of banana crop wild relatives using species distribution modelling

open access: yesDiversity and Distributions: A journal of biological invasions and biodiversity, 2021
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are an essential source of genetic material for the improvement of certain traits in related crop species. Despite their importance, increasing public, scientific and political support, large gaps exist in the amount of genetic ...
A. Mertens   +7 more
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Ecological database of genetic resources of eudicots crops wild relatives in Iran: in direction of domestication and food security [PDF]

open access: yesZīst/shināsī-i Giyāhī-i Īrān, 2021
Crop wild relatives cover a wide range of food, forage, medicinal, ornamental and ‎industrial plants. Due to the ecosystem instability caused by climate change, the use of ‎biological and ecological capabilities of crop wild relatives is great importance
Sadaf Sayadi   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

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