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In Situ, Ex Situ and On Farm Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources in Neotropics
, 2023 The prospect for the coming decades will be for humanity to witness a holocaust of species on Earth. Within these species are plants for food purposes undergoing genetic erosion and, putting at risk not only their own existence, but the safety of human ...
Costa, Flaviane Malaquias +4 more
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Ecological Solutions and Evidence, 2021 1. Genetic diversity is important for species persistence and Gene Conservation Units (GCUs) have been implemented for forest trees to protect genetic diversity and evolutionary processes in situ.
Melissa Minter +5 more
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CWRML: representing crop wild relative conservation and use data in XML [PDF]
, 2008 Background Crop wild relatives are wild species that are closely related to crops. They are valuable as potential gene donors for crop improvement and may help to ensure food security for the future. However, they are becoming increasingly threatened in
Kell, Shelagh +18 more
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Orchid conservation: how can we meet the challenges in the twenty-first century?
Botanical Studies, 2018 With c. 28,000 species, orchids are one of the largest families of flowering plants, and they are also one of the most threatened, in part due to their complex life history strategies.
Michael F. Fay
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Corrosion and Conservation Management of the Submarine HMAS AE2 (1915) in the Sea of Marmara, Turkey
Heritage, 2019 The wreck site of the Australian First World War submarine HMAS AE2 in the Sea of Marmara had a salinity of 26‰ (parts per thousand) for the first 13 m, which increased to 41‰ at 21 m, after which it remained constant to the bottom at 72 m,
Ian D. MacLeod
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Habitat differentiation and conservation gap of Magnolia biondii, M. denudata, and M. sprengeri in China [PDF]
PeerJ, 2019 The flower buds of Magnolia biondii, M. denudata, and M. sprengeri are the materials of Xinyi, a traditional Chinese medicine. The harvest of flower buds and habitat fragmentation caused by human disturbance heavily threatens the natural regeneration and
Chuangye Song, Huiming Liu
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Biology and Life Sciences Forum, 2022 Pleurotus nebrodensis (Inzenga) Quél. is an edible mushroom appreciated by consumers for its organoleptic characters. It was first described by the mycologist Giuseppe Inzenga as “the most delicious mushroom growing in Sicily”.
Fortunato Cirlincione +3 more
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Seed banks as a partnership for global plant conservation
Acta Biologica Slovenica, 2014 A seed bank is a collection of plant seeds stored under appropriate conditions in which seeds are periodically checked for their germination ability – viability of seeds.
Jože Bavcon, Blanka Ravnjak
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Complementary Analysis and Implementation Plan for Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives in Finland
Plants, 2023 Crop wild relatives (CWR) are valuable wild plant species that can be used as genetic resources providing adaptive traits to crop plants and therefore they play an important role in future food security.
Heli Fitzgerald +3 more
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Snowtrout fishery in Garhwal Himalaya: Causes of depletion and strategy for propagation
Environment Conservation Journal, 2009 Snowtrout (Schizothorax sp.) is an important group of fishes in Indian uplands and is prone to decline due to several anthropogenic activities and natural disasters. However, the natural behaviour of the group is also one of the
N.K. Agarwal, Harpal Singh
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