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Safeguarding a global seed heritage from Syria to Svalbard
Crop diversity underpins food security and adaptation to climate change. Concerted conservation efforts are needed to maintain and make this diversity available to plant scientists, breeders and farmers. Here we present ...
Genome-wide association study of resistance to PstS2 and Warrior races of Puccinia striiformis f. sp. tritici (stripe rust) in bread wheat landraces
Stripe or yellow rust, caused by Puccinia striiformis Westend. f. sp. tritici is a
major threat to bread wheat production worldwide. The breakdown in resistance
of certain major genes and newly emerging aggressive races ...
in situ Agrobiodiversity activity at Zoghmar, 2015
in situ Agrobiodiversity activity at Zoghmar, 2015: For this year in each monitoring area, different technical practices were considered for the monitoring of plant diversity and using two transects.
ICARDA Efforts to Promote In Situ/On-farm Conservation of Dryland Agrobiodiversity
Dryland biodiversity has only recently got due attention because of its potential to contribute in overcoming the effects of global challenges caused by land degradation and and climate change (FAO, 1989). More particularly, ...
200107 GCDT GS 17035 Multiplication of Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) - 2018 Technical Report
Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: Collecting, Protecting, and Preparing Crop Wild Relatives (CWR Project) 2018 Technical Progress Report
Combining conservative and variable markers to infer the evolutionary history of Prunus subgen. Amygdalus s.l. under domestication
The genus Prunus L. is large and economically important. However, phylogenetic relationships within Prunus at low taxonomic level, particularly in the subgenus Amygdalus L. s.l., remain poorly investigated. This paper ...
Wild almonds gone wild: Revisiting Darwin's statement on the origin of peaches
There is a general consensus that cultivated almond was domesticated in western Asia while cultivated peach was domesticated in China; however, the lack of a comprehensive phylogeny of cultivated peaches and almonds and ...
Status of biodiversity within the action site in Tunisia: Annex, Tables, Surveys
Status of biodiversity within the action site in Tunisia: Annex, Tables, Surveys
Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change: A Synopsis of Coordinated National Crop Wild Relative Seed Collecting Programs across Five Continents
The Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change Project set out to improve the diversity, quantity, and accessibility of germplasm collections of crop wild relatives (CWR). Between 2013 and 2018, partners in 25 countries, heirs ...
Ecogeographic survey and gap analysis for Medicago L.: recommendations for in situ and ex situ conservation of Lebanese species
Medics (Medicago spp.) are among the most important pasture legumes of temperate regions. Lebanon is considered as a part of the Mediterranean biodiversity hotspot in Medics. Its flora including more than 35 species of ...