Crop wild relatives: Know how past and present to improve future research, conservation and utilization strategies, especially in Italy: A review

EV Perrino, P Perrino - Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 2020 - Springer
Crop wild relatives (CWR) have contributed to crop domestication for millennia, but
nowadays due also to human over exploitation of plants and other environmental resources …

Crop wild relatives (CWRs) threatened and endemic to Italy: Urgent actions for protection and use

EV Perrino, RP Wagensommer - Biology, 2022 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Crop wild relatives (CWRs) are wild plants with an indirect use derived
from their relatively close genetic relationship to a crop and have contributed to crop …

Untapped genetic diversity of wild relatives for crop improvement

Z Jovovic, V Andjelkovic, N Przulj, D Mandic - Rediscovery of genetic and …, 2020 - Springer
We live in a time when, thanks to the achievements of a modern civilization, the consumption
and destruction are uncontrolled of what ensures human survival on the planet–the …

[PDF][PDF] Establishment of a global network for the in situ conservation of crop wild relatives: status and needs

N Maxted, SP Kell - FAO Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and …, 2009 - fao.org
There are many potential approaches to systematic CWR conservation. But as every country
contains CWR diversity, they are obliged as signatories to the CBD and ITPGRFA, or other …

A prioritized inventory of crop wild relatives and wild harvested plants of Italy

F Landucci, L Panella, D Lucarini, D Gigante… - Crop …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
The aim of this study was to construct a solid basis for developing a crop wild relatives
(CWR) and wild harvested plants (WHP) conservation strategy at the European and national …

[PDF][PDF] ECPGR Concept for in situ conservation of crop wild relatives in Europe

N Maxted, A Avagyan, L Frese… - … in Genetic Reserves …, 2015 - cropwildrelatives.org
Executive summary There is an imperative to develop and implement a comprehensive
strategy for in situ conservation of the valuable crop wild relative (CWR) genetic resources …

Main challenges and actions needed to improve conservation and sustainable use of our crop wild relatives

JMM Engels, I Thormann - Plants, 2020 - mdpi.com
Crop wild relatives (CWR, plural CWRs) are those wild species that are regarded as the
ancestors of our cultivated crops. It was only at the end of the last century that they were …

National inventories of crop wild relatives and wild harvested plants: case-study for Portugal

J Magos Brehm, N Maxted, BV Ford-Lloyd… - Genetic Resources and …, 2008 - Springer
Crop wild relatives (CWR) and wild harvested plant species (WHP) constitute an important
element of a nation's plant genetic resources (PGR) available for utilisation. Although their …

National inventory and prioritization of crop wild relatives in Spain

ML Rubio Teso, E Torres Lamas… - Genetic Resources and …, 2018 - Springer
Crop wild relatives (CWR) have recently received significant attention due to their value as
plant genetic resources and their contribution to world food security. We present a prioritized …

A global approach to crop wild relative conservation: securing the gene pool for food and agriculture

N Maxted, S Kell, Á Toledo, E Dulloo, V Heywood… - Kew Bulletin, 2010 - Springer
In light of the growing concern over the potentially devastating impacts on biodiversity and
food security of climate change and the massively growing world population, taking action to …