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Through the whole known history, altogether 239 taxa have been reported to be used on the territory of present Estonia. Of them, 209 taxa are identified on species, 28 taxa on genera and 2 on family level (Table 5.1). The taxa belong to 64 families and 161 genera, among them the greatest number of species (36) belongs to the Rosaceae.
Renata Sõukand, Raivo Kalle
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Through the whole known history, altogether 239 taxa have been reported to be used on the territory of present Estonia. Of them, 209 taxa are identified on species, 28 taxa on genera and 2 on family level (Table 5.1). The taxa belong to 64 families and 161 genera, among them the greatest number of species (36) belongs to the Rosaceae.
Renata Sõukand, Raivo Kalle
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Wild rice research: Advancing plant science and food security
Molecular Plant, 2022Rice was domesticated in Asia (Oryza sativa) and Africa (Oryza glaberrima) from Oryza rufipogon and Oryza bathii, respectively. The Oryza genus has a pantropical distribution. The genetic diversity in Oryza provides an extensive gene pool to adapt rice to climate change and address future food security.
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Wild Food Plants of Dalmatia (Croatia)
2014In spite of rich traditions of wild plant use as food in Dalmatia, there are relatively few reports concerning this issue. Thus, our focus here is to offer a short summary of wild food plants used on the Dalmatian coast. The use of wild vegetables on the Croatian coast is still quite common, though it is practiced mainly by older people.
Łukasz Łuczaj +3 more
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The status of wild food plants in Bulamogi County, Uganda
International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, 2004We present here an inventory of the edible plants of Bulamogi, Uganda, and related aspects of exploitation of wild food plants (WFPs) by the local community. The edible plants consist of 105 species distributed in 77 genera and 39 families. Most of the edible plants are herbaceous (70.7%) and are cultivated (49.1%).
J R S, Tabuti, S S, Dhillion, K A, Lye
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Constituents of Wild Food Plants
1997Increasing food production for humans and domestic animals has long been a world-wide preoccupation of scientists. In countries with high population indices and economies which depend upon their raw materials, the problem is even more serious. This has stimulated investigators to learn more about exploitation of the natural resources of their own ...
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Antioxidant Potential of Wild Plant Foods
2016Oxidative stress has been implicated in the ageing process and in several chronic diseases such as diabetes, cancer, and cardiovascular diseases. Endogenous antioxidant defenses, including enzymes and nonenzymatic compounds, try to combat the oxidative stress created by the disequilibrium between the production of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species ...
Lillian Barros +3 more
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Estonia in the Context of Wild Food Plants
2016The country presently known as Estonia is one of the three Baltic States situated in north-eastern part of Europe, bordering with Russia, Latvia and through the sea with Finland and Sweden. Now independent country, it was in the past divided between or within different Empires. The most recent division, existing until 1918, was between two provinces of
Renata Sõukand, Raivo Kalle
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Persistence of Wild Food and Wild Medicinal Plant Knowledge in a Northeastern Region of Portugal
2010Today, the geographical and social conditions that led to the isolation of some European regions are no longer prevalent, and so changes in the cultural, economic and political contexts of plant use in these areas are coming faster and faster. The current reduction in the human population, due to out-migration and a general drop in the birth rate, and ...
Carvalho, Ana Maria, Morales, Ramón
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The use of wild food plants, and drought in Botswana
Journal of Arid Environments, 1986Although Botswana's climate is semi-arid with vast areas lacking surface water, its rolling sands support mosaics of grass and savanna. Its population of about one million may be divided into foragers, pastoralists, riverine peoples and cattle-owning agriculturalists.
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Trends in wild food plants uses in Gorbeialdea (Basque Country)
Appetite, 2017Despite wild food plants' potential nutritional and economic value, their knowledge and consumption is quickly decreasing throughout the world. We examine how the consideration that a wild plant use is within the cultural tradition of a given area relates to its consumption by analysing 1) current perception and 2) past and present use of six wild ...
Gorka Menendez-Baceta +4 more
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