Crop wild relatives (CWR) priority in Italy: Distribution, ecology, in situ and ex situ conservation and expected actions

EV Perrino, RP Wagensommer - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The study presents an updated overview of the 14 non-endemic threatened crop wild
relatives (CWR) in Italy: Aegilops biuncialis, Ae. uniaristata, Ae. ventricosa, Asparagus …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Crops and wild relatives of the Euro-Mediterranean region: making and using a conservation catalogue.

SP Kell, H Knüpffer, SL Jury… - Crop wild relative …, 2007 - cabidigitallibrary.org
This chapter summarizes a methodology for establishing a regional catalogue of crops and
their wild relatives for the Euro-Mediterranean region. The Catalogue is made available …

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 …

[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 …

European crop wild relative threat assessment: knowledge gained and lessons learnt.

SP Kell, N Maxted, M Bilz - … : securing the diversity of crop wild …, 2012 - cabidigitallibrary.org
This chapter summarizes the procedure used to select the crop wild relative (CWR) species
for inclusion in the European Red List and the process and results of undertaking the …

Crop wild relative conservation and use: establishing the context.

N Maxted, SP Kell… - Crop wild relative …, 2007 - cabidigitallibrary.org
Abstract The European Crop Wild Relative Diversity Assessment and Conservation Forum
(PGR Forum) is a Thematic Network funded under the EC Framework 5. It provides a …