Plant Biodiversity and Genetic Resources Matter!
Plants, 2020 Plant biodiversity is the foundation of our present-day food supply (including functional food and medicine) and offers humankind multiple other benefits in terms of ecosystem functions and resilience to climate change, as well as other perturbations ...
Andreas W. Ebert, Johannes M. M. Engels
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Resilient seed systems for climate change adaptation and sustainable livelihoods in the East Africa sub-region: Report of training workshop, Addis Ababa Ethiopia, 17-21 September 2019 [PDF]
, 2020 Bioversity International is implementing a Dutch-supported project entitled: Resilient seed systems for climate change adaptation and sustainable livelihoods in the East Africa sub-region.
Fadda, Carlo +6 more
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The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2014 The data gathered on germplasm collection of maize evidently showed is a preliminary attempt on digitization of collecting mission data of maize genetic resources to enhance its use in plant genetic resource management in maize in India through quality ...
ANJULA PANDEY +3 more
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The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences, 2014 Management of germplasm in the field genebanks is greatly assisted by genetic analysis. Estimation of genetic diversity and assessment of genetic relationships among 45 accessions of pomegranate (Punica granatum L.) that included cultivars and germplasm
SUNIL ARCHAK +6 more
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The European ex situ PGR Information Landscape [PDF]
In this paper the authors try to describe the current situation regarding the documentation of Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) maintained in ex situ collections in Europe.
Begemann, F. +2 more
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The Darwin Core extension for genebanks opens up new opportunities for sharing genebank datasets [PDF]
, 2012 Darwin Core (DwC) defines a standard set of terms to describe the primary biodiversity data. Primary biodiversity data are data records derived from direct observation of species occurrences in nature or describing specimens in biological collections ...
Endresen, Dag Terje Filip +1 more
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Costing the ex situ conservation of genetic resources: maize and wheat at CIMMYT [PDF]
Worldwide, the number of genebanks and the amount of seed stored in them has increased substantially over the past few decades. Most attention is focused on the likely benefits from conservation, but conserving germplasm involves costs whose nature and ...
Koo, Bonwoo +5 more
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Ex Situ and In Situ Conservation of Agricultural Biodiversity: Major Advances and Research Needs
Notulae Botanicae Horti Agrobotanici Cluj-Napoca, 2010 The effective conservation and use of agricultural biodiversity is vital for creating and maintaining sustainable increases in the productivity of healthy food for mankind, as well as contributing to the increased resilience of agricultural systems ...
Mohammad Ehsan DULLOO +2 more
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A global strategy for the conservation and use of cacao genetic resources, as the Foundation for a sustainable cocoa economy [PDF]
, 2012 The future of the world cocoa economy depends on the availability of genetic diversity and the sustainable use of this broad genetic base to breed improved varieties. Decreasing cacao genetic diversity (in situ, on-farm and conserved in collections) is a
Cryer, N.C. +12 more
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Unlocking Spanish pear genetic diversity: strategies for construction of a national core collection
Scientific ReportsSpanish pear germplasm collections are crucial for preservation, research, and breeding efforts. However, genetic diversity and structure is unknown at national level.
Patricia Irisarri +16 more
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