The genetic diversity of our crop plants has been substantially reduced during the process of
domestication and breeding. This reduction in diversity necessarily constrains our ability to …

Rapid climate change is widely acknowledged as the greatest challenge facing life on earth.
The potential impact of climate change on the broad portfolio of underutilized plant species …

Wild species related to agricultural crops (crop wild relatives, or CWR) can increase the
adaptive capacity of agricultural systems around the world. They represent a large pool of …

The European Red List is a review of the conservation status of c. 6,000 European species
(mammals, reptiles, amphibians, dragonflies, butterflies, freshwater fishes, and selected …

In this second edition of The Sociology of Food and Agriculture, students are provided with a
substantially revised and updated introductory text to this emergent field. The book begins …

Sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) is one of the few crops native to the United States. The
current USDA–ARS National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) crop wild relatives sunflower …

Societal Impact Statement Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant taxa closely related to crops
and are a source of high genetic diversity that can help adapt crops to the impacts of global …

Plant breeders can help farmers increase food production by breeding new cultivars better
adapted to their chosen farming systems, but these must be capable of providing the …

Growing concern over the potentially devastating impacts of climate change on biodiversity
and food security, considered together with the growing world population, means that taking …

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 …