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Analysis of plant science higher education reveals mixed provision which falls short of delivering national priorities

JSFA reports, Volume 5, Issue 3, Page 78-90, March 2025.
Abstract Background Many reports from the UK government and other organisations highlight a need for a plant aware workforce, and some enumerate specific areas of plant science where there is a skills shortage. We have undertaken a systematic analysis of the content of degree programmes that advertise as teaching plant biology to determine if the UK ...
Sarah Trinder, Thomas Heaven, Matteo Luberti, Sophie Read, Adam Scanlon, Chris Gauntner, Alec Forsyth, Alison C. Foster   +7 more
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A digital catalog of high‐density markers for banana germplasm collections

Plants, People, Planet, 2022
Societal Impact Statement Global production of bananas, among the top 10 food crops worldwide, is under threat. Increasing the use of germplasm conserved in genebanks is crucial.
Mathieu Rouard, Julie Sardos, Guilhem Sempéré, Catherine Breton, Valentin Guignon, Ines Van den Houwe, Sebastien C. Carpentier, Nicolas Roux   +7 more
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Bupleurum oslaense, a new species of Apiaceae from Uttarakhand, Western Himalaya, India

Nordic Journal of Botany, EarlyView.
Bupleurum oslaense sp. nov., a new member of the family Apiaceae, is described and illustrated based on the collections from Uttarakhand, India. The species shows close affinity to the Chinese element Bupleurum petiolulatum, but can be readily distinguished by its stout habit, higher number of rays, markedly larger bracts, and greater number of flowers
Jayanta Ghosh, Manas Bhaumik, Priyanka Bhandari   +2 more
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Genebanks and market participation: evidence from groundnut farmers in Malawi

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, Melinda Smale, Nelissa Jamora, Vania Azevedo   +3 more
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Reconsidering how to dry orthodox seeds for improved ex situ conservation outcomes

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Ex situ seed conservation is an essential tool in our efforts to conserve wild and cultivated plant diversity, as mentioned in the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation and the Sustainable Development Goals. While there are established standards which seed banks follow, it is important that we continue to evaluate protocols and optimize processes ...
Fiona R. Hay, Richard H. Ellis, Dustin Wolkis, Katherine J. Baum, Charlotte Lusty, Olorunnisola Salvador, Olaniyi Oyatomi, Michael F. Lyngkjær   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Plants back: Re‐envisioning botanical garden collections management for indigenous crops

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Botanical gardens and other ex situ collections play a key role in preventing plant extinctions, yet the needs of Indigenous crop cultivars are not being met by conventional botanical collections management practices. Inspired by Indigenous land care restoration movements centering plant–human–society relationships, we propose a path toward reciprocal ...
Uala Working Group, Stacy Lynn Lucas, Aurora K. Kagawa‐Viviani, Bryceson Tugade, Penny Levin, Noa Kekuewa Lincoln, Tamara Sherrill, Jerry Koko, Michael Kantar   +8 more
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Crop Diversity Management System Commons: Revisiting the Role of Genebanks in the Network of Crop Diversity Actors

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
Sélim Louafi, Mathieu Thomas, Elsa T. Berthet, Flora Pélissier, Killian Vaing, Frédérique Jankowski, Didier Bazile, Jean-Louis Pham, Morgane Leclercq   +8 more
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Conservation gap analysis for wild grapevines (Vitis L.) of the Americas

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Wild grapevines (Vitis L.) native to the Americas are ecologically and culturally important plants that are also critical to the global cultivated grape industry as sources of traits for crop innovation, but many of these species are poorly documented and insufficiently conserved.
Daniel Carver, Colin K. Khoury, Anne Frances, Nan McCarry, Luis Diaz‐Garcia, Erin R. Galarneau, Sarah Gora, Megan Haidet, Claire Heinitz, Wesley Knapp, Abby Meyer, Allison Miller, Ray Mims, Surya Sapkota, Carol Spurrier, Jun Wen   +15 more
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Editorial: Ex situ conservation of plant genetic resources in Europe – A journey through history, mission, challenges and future opportunities

Genetic Resources
The Special Issue entitled: ‘Ex situ conservation of plant genetic resources in Europe – A journey through history, mission, challenges and future opportunities’ presents 16 original articles, including 11 genebank reports from 7 European countries ...
Filippo Guzzon, Sandra Goritschnig, Nora Capozio, Lorenzo Maggioni   +3 more
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Fonio (Digitaria exilis and Digitaria iburua) in Nigeria: Regional cultivation patterns, landrace diversity, and farmer knowledge for conserving a climate‐resilient indigenous cereal

PLANTS, PEOPLE, PLANET, EarlyView.
Fonio (Digitaria exilis and Digitaria iburua) cereals are valued for their drought resilience, adaptability to poor soils, and cultural importance. In Nigeria, where both species are cultivated, fonio has declined due to labor‐intensive processing, lower yields, and changing livelihood choices. By documenting 21 landraces (15 D. exilis and 6 D. iburua),
Ishaq Muawiyya, Abubakar Bello, George P. Burton, Philippa Ryan, Maria S. Vorontsova   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source