Within the realm of international agricultural biodiversity conservation, there has been a
surge of funding for “pre‐breeding” of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture …

Plant biodiversity is the foundation of our present-day food supply (including functional food
and medicine) and offers humankind multiple other benefits in terms of ecosystem functions …

Despite the dramatic increase in food production thanks to the Green Revolution, hunger is
increasing among human populations around the world, affecting one in nine people. The …

Based on twenty years of global research, this is the first comprehensive reference on crop
genetic diversity as it is maintained on farmland around the world. Showcasing the findings …

There is a need to develop high throughput plant phenomics to bridge the phenotype-
genotype gap that will lead to the improvements in crop performance necessary to feed the …

Rural areas have long been spaces of technological experimentation, development and
resistance. In the UK, this is especially true in the post‐second world war era of productivist …

The genetic diversity of traditional varieties of crops is the most economically valuable part of
global biodiversity and is of paramount importance for future world crop production. The …

Plant diversity sustains all animal life, and the genetic diversity within plants underpins
global food security. This text provides a practical and theoretical introduction to the …

Management and distribution of experimental data from prebreeding projects is important to
ensure uptake of germplasm into breeding and research programs. Being able to access …

Today, less than 3% of the 250,000 plant varieties available to agriculture are in use.
Sources of (agricultural) biodiversity are under threat and disappearing in many regions …