Breeders have been successful in increasing crop performance by exploiting genetic
diversity over time. However, the reported annual yield increases are not sufficient in view of …

Abstract In 1975, the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources created the first
internationally linked system of genebanks, known as the Registry of Base Collections …

Central Asia is an important center of diversity for common walnut (Juglans regia L.). We
characterized the genetic diversity of 21 wild and cultivated populations across Kyrgyzstan …

Many of our current agricultural crops are natural or agricultural hybrids (between two or
more species), or polyploids (containing more than one genome or set of chromosomes) …

Biodiversity is continually declining, according to global biodiversity indicators (Butchart et
al. in Science 328: 1164–1168, 2010). Population trends, habitat extent, habitat condition …

Adaptation of agriculture to climate change and its associated ecological pressures will
require new crops, novel trait combinations, and previously unknown phenotypic attributes …

Crop genetic resources have been extensively collected in Europe in the last century,
creating large, publicly available ex situ collections. While this huge genetic diversity is often …

Sampling seed from natural populations of crop wild relatives requires choice of the
locations and the amount of seed to sample. While this may seem like a simple choice, in …

Studying temporal changes in genetic diversity depends upon the availability of comparable
time series data. Plant genetic resource collections provide snapshots of the diversity that …

Lefkada is one of the islands of the Ionian Sea and disposes interesting biodiversity both in
crop landraces and in wild relatives. It is also one of the most famous touristic attractions in …