Crop yield reduction as a consequence of increasingly severe climatic events threatens
global food security. Genetic loci that ensure productivity in challenging environments exist …

Deleterious effects of climate change and human activities, as well as diverse environmental
stresses, present critical challenges to food production and the maintenance of natural …

Plant breeders require access to new genetic diversity to satisfy the demands of a growing
human population for more food that can be produced in a variable or changing climate and …

The potentially devastating impacts of climate change on biodiversity and food security,
together with the growing world population, means taking action to conserve crop wild …

The contributions of crop wild relatives (CWR) to food security depend on their conservation
and accessibility for use. The United States contains a diverse native flora of CWR, including …

Plant breeders require genetic diversity to develop cultivars that are productive, nutritious,
tolerant of biotic and abiotic stresses, and make efficient use of water and fertilizer. The …

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 …

Global agricultural industries are under pressure to meet the future food demand; however,
the existing crop genetic diversity might not be sufficient to meet this expectation. Advances …

Abduraimov OS, Maxmudov AV, Kovalenko I, Allamurotov AL, Mavlanov BJ, Shakhnoza SU,
Mamatkasimov OT. 2023. Floristic diversity and economic importance of wild relatives of …

Plant genetic resources (PGR) underpin the security of global agriculture. Rapid global
climate change presents formidable challenges for ex situ and in situ PGR management …