Crop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity
Crop diversity underpins the productivity, resilience and adaptive capacity of agriculture.
Loss of this diversity, termed crop genetic erosion, is therefore concerning. While alarms …
Loss of this diversity, termed crop genetic erosion, is therefore concerning. While alarms …
Reap the crop wild relatives for breeding future crops
Crop wild relatives (CWRs) have provided breeders with several'game-changing'traits or
genes that have boosted crop resilience and global agricultural production. Advances in …
genes that have boosted crop resilience and global agricultural production. Advances in …
[图书][B] The economics of biodiversity
P Dasgupta - 2024 - books.google.com
We are part of Nature, not separate from it. We rely on Nature to provide us with food, water
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …
and shelter; regulate our climate and disease; maintain nutrient cycles and oxygen …
Pervasive human-driven decline of life on Earth points to the need for transformative change
BACKGROUND Human actions have long been known to drive declines in nature, and there
is growing awareness of how globalization means that these drivers increasingly act at a …
is growing awareness of how globalization means that these drivers increasingly act at a …
Unlocking plant resources to support food security and promote sustainable agriculture
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 …
globally. By reviewing the global state of edible plants and highlighting key neglected and …
Population genomics unravels the Holocene history of bread wheat and its relatives
Deep knowledge of crop biodiversity is essential to improving global food security. Despite
bread wheat serving as a keystone crop worldwide, the population history of bread wheat …
bread wheat serving as a keystone crop worldwide, the population history of bread wheat …
Trends in global agricultural land use: implications for environmental health and food security
The eighteenth-century Malthusian prediction of population growth outstripping food
production has not yet come to bear. Unprecedented agricultural land expansions since …
production has not yet come to bear. Unprecedented agricultural land expansions since …
[HTML][HTML] The herbarium of the future
CC Davis - Trends in Ecology & Evolution, 2023 - cell.com
The~ 400 million specimens deposited across~ 3000 herbaria are essential for:(i)
understanding where plants have lived in the past,(ii) forecasting where they may live in the …
understanding where plants have lived in the past,(ii) forecasting where they may live in the …
Past and future use of wild relatives in crop breeding
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 …
adaptive capacity of agricultural systems around the world. They represent a large pool of …
Enhancing crop diversity for food security in the face of climate uncertainty
Global agriculture is dominated by a handful of species that currently supply a huge
proportion of our food and feed. It additionally faces the massive challenge of providing food …
proportion of our food and feed. It additionally faces the massive challenge of providing food …