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‘Zeitoun Ennour’: A new olive (Olea europaea L.) cultivar in Tunisia with high oil quality

open access: yesGenetic Resources, 2021
An olive breeding program was started in Tunisia in 1993 in order mainly to improve the fatty acid composition of the local cultivar ‘Chemlali Sfax’.
Fathi Ben Amar   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Optimum contribution selection (OCS) analyses prompted successful conservation actions for Faroese Horse population

open access: yesGenetic Resources, 2022
The Faroese horse, an endangered indigenous horse breed, is a part of the cultural and societal heritage of the Faroe Islands. Population history describes a severe bottleneck, prompting for quantification of the genetic diversity (level of inbreeding ...
Anne Kettunen   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Genetic Resources – A new attempt at serving the community

open access: yesGenetic Resources, 2020
Through the Horizon 2020 project ’GenRes Bridge’ the new journal Genetic Resources was conceived to serve as a  new cross-cutting platform for stakeholders and practitioners in genetic resources. Its ambition is to provide access to relevant information
Lorenzo Maggioni   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Plant Biodiversity and Genetic Resources Matter!

open access: yesPlants, 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 ...
A. Ebert, J. Engels
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Phenotypic characterization of sheep populations in Tahtay Maichew district, Northern Ethiopia

open access: yesGenetic Resources, 2020
Eighteen quantitative measurements and fourteen qualitative characteristics taken from 306 adult sheep (57 rams and 249 ewes) were used to characterize sheep populations of district, Ethiopia.
Abebe Hailu   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Document or Lose It—On the Importance of Information Management for Genetic Resources Conservation in Genebanks

open access: yesPlants, 2020
Genebanks play an important role in the long-term conservation of plant genetic resources and are complementary to the conservation of diversity in farmers’ fields and in nature. In this context, documentation plays a critical role.
S. Weise, U. Lohwasser, M. Oppermann
semanticscholar   +1 more source

Swedish Crop Wild Relatives: towards a national strategy for in situ conservation of CWR

open access: yesGenetic Resources, 2020
In 2015, the Nordic countries (Sweden, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Iceland) initiated a project to help strengthen the efforts of conservation and use of crop wild relatives (CWR) across the region. Policy recommendations that were put forward included
Jens Weibull, Jade Phillips
doaj   +1 more source

Morphological characterization of 23 Malus domestica Borkh cultivars from central Spain

open access: yesGenetic Resources, 2022
The purpose of this work was to morphologically characterize an apple tree collection composed of 67 individuals from 41 accessions belonging to 23 old Spanish apple cultivars (Malus domestica Borkh) alongside 9 reference cultivars.
Alberto-Rafael Arnal   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Is the ecosystem services concept relevant to capture the multiple benefits from farming systems using livestock biodiversity? A framework proposal

open access: yesGenetic Resources, 2023
Local breeds are key components of livestock farming systems. They are part of livestock biodiversity and this diversity has been threatened since the second half of the 20th century by their replacement with animals from specialized breeds.
Anne Lauvie   +15 more
doaj   +1 more source

The Role of Vegetable Genetic Resources in Nutrition Security and Vegetable Breeding

open access: yesPlants, 2020
Malnutrition, comprising undernutrition, micronutrient deficiency, and overnutrition, is more widespread than hunger per se and affects most nations around the globe.
A. Ebert
semanticscholar   +1 more source

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