Societal Impact Statement Biodiversity is essential to food security and nutrition locally and
globally. By reviewing the global state of edible plants and highlighting key neglected and …

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 …

Indonesia is a country rich in medicinal plant biodiversity. The conservation and sustainable
use of such species in Indonesia are critical because of incipient population growth …

The last decade has witnessed huge technological advances in genomics, particularly in
DNA sequencing. Here, we review the actual and potential application of genomics in …

Abstract The Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) Partnership, developed and managed by the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), conserves propagules primarily from orthodox …

Biodiversity is currently experiencing exceptional loss due to the activities of humans,
negatively impacting the ecosystem services on which humanity relies. Additionally, human …

Crop wild relatives (CWRs) are important reservoirs of adaptive traits for crop breeding
programmes. Both ex situ and in situ conservation approaches should be deployed to …

Wild edible plants are of great importance in both former and current human societies. Their
use embodies evolutionary trends, continuing interactions between men and nature …

Aim Crop wild relatives (CWR) are an essential source of genetic material for the
improvement of certain traits in related crop species. Despite their importance, increasing …

An inventory of crop wild relatives (CWR) and wild harvested plants (WHP) occurring in
Tunisia, based on the integration of the last available floristic checklists, is presented. The …