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Realizing the potential of plant genetic resources: the use of phenomics for genebanks
Plants People PlanetSocietal Impact Statement Genebanks contribute to global food security, directly influencing societal well‐being, by providing access to seed or genetic material that is more resilient to pests, diseases, and environmental stresses.
Kioumars Ghamkhar +2 more
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New Frontiers in Potato Breeding: Tinkering with Reproductive Genes and Apomixis [PDF]
BiomoleculesPotato is the most important non-cereal crop worldwide, and, yet, genetic gains in potato have been traditionally delayed by the crop’s biology, mostly the genetic heterozygosity of autotetraploid cultivars and the intricacies of the reproductive system.
Diego Hojsgaard +4 more
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Research and developmental strategies to hasten the improvement of orphan crops [PDF]
GM Crops & FoodTo feed the world’s expanding population, crop breeders need to increase agricultural productivity and expand major crops base. Orphan crops are indigenously important crops with great potential because they are climate resilient, highly nutritious ...
Ufuoma Akpojotor +4 more
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Genebank Peer Reviews: A powerful tool to improve genebank quality and promote collaboration
Genetic ResourcesThe conservation of plant genetic resources (PGR) is critical to ensuring global food security and agricultural sustainability. Genebanks play a vital role in ex situ conservation, complementing in situ strategies by preserving crop diversity (incl ...
Theo van Hintum +16 more
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Genebanks and market participation: evidence from groundnut farmers in Malawi [PDF]
CABI Agriculture and Bioscience, 2022 Background Genebanks contribute to poverty reduction as well as food and nutritional security by being one of the main sources of diversity for the development of improved crop varieties. While the welfare implications of adopting improved varieties have
Martin Paul Jr. Tabe-Ojong +3 more
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Genetic and Phenotypic Evaluation of European Maize Landraces as a Tool for Conservation and Valorization of Agrobiodiversity [PDF]
BiologyThe ECPGR European Evaluation Network (EVA) for Maize involves genebanks, research institutions, and private breeding companies from nine countries focusing on the valorization of maize genetic resources across Europe.
Carlotta Balconi +27 more
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Navigating Fusarium wilt of bananas: a ready-to-use subset of resistant Musa genotypes [PDF]
Frontiers in Plant ScienceFusarium wilt Tropical Race 4 (TR4) poses one of the greatest threats to global banana production, with major implications for food security and sustainable agriculture.
Mathieu Rouard +13 more
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Trypsin inhibitor activity in grass pea seeds (Lathyrus sativus L.) [PDF]
Ratarstvo i Povrtarstvo, 2023 Grass pea (Lathyrus sativus) is a valuable grain legume known for its high protein content and rich essential amino acid profile. Its exceptional characteristics such as drought tolerance, high adaptability to extreme conditions, disease resistance, and ...
Nagl Nevena +6 more
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Food Security, 2020 AbstractThe UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) Target 2.5 explicitly calls for the maintenance of genetic diversity of seeds through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at national, regional, and international levels as an essential undertaking to end global hunger (SDG Goal 2).
Melinda Smale, Nelissa Jamora
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Plants, 2021 Genebanks were established out of a recognised need not just to provide genetic variation to support breeding objectives but to prevent crop diversity from being lost entirely for future users. Such conservation objectives may have led, over the past few
Charlotte Lusty +5 more
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