Genetic resources and breeding priorities in Phaseolus beans: Vulnerability, resilience, and future challenges

TA Parker, JA Gallegos, J Beaver, M Brick… - Plant breeding …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Genetic vulnerability refers to (sometimes catastrophic) actual or potential losses in the
production of a crop (in quantity and/or quality), attributable to spatial or temporal reduction …

Biocultural diversity and crop improvement

P Gepts - Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, 2023 - portlandpress.com
Biocultural diversity is the ever-evolving and irreplaceable sum total of all living organisms
inhabiting the Earth. It plays a significant role in sustainable productivity and ecosystem …

Evolutionary clustering in neotropical biocultural heritage: the Huastec Mayan useful plants

JA De-Nova, DS Villegas-Ortega… - Botanical Journal of …, 2024 - academic.oup.com
Biodiversity in the Neotropics includes an extraordinary diversity of plant variation produced
by evolution that is useful for human well-being. Traditional knowledge of the Tenek, a …

Maize Intercropping in the Traditional “Milpa” System. Physiological, Morphological, and Agronomical Parameters under Induced Warming: Evidence of related Effect …

I Diédhiou, HM Ramírez-Tobias, J Fortanelli-Martinez… - Life, 2022 - mdpi.com
Warmer temperatures predicted as a result of climate change will have an impact on milpa.
An experiment was carried out with induced passive heat with the objective of simulating the …

Local markets: agrobiodiversity reservoirs and access points for farmers' plant propagation materials

C Heindorf, JA Reyes-Agüero… - Frontiers in Sustainable …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Local markets are access points to local agrobiodiversity and to part of the informal seed
systems on which most small-scale farmers worldwide depend. With the urgent need for …

Characterizing Agricultural Diversity with Policy-Relevant Farm Typologies in Mexico

MC LaFevor - Agriculture, 2022 - mdpi.com
The effective targeting of agricultural policy interventions across heterogenous agricultural
landscapes requires an integrated understanding of farm diversity. One pathway to this …

Agro-Food Supply Chains in Peri-Urban Agricultural Areas: Do They Contribute to Preserve Local Biodiversity? The Case of Baix Llobregat Agrarian Park

J Marín, T Garnatje, J Vallès - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
Peri-urban regions, especially in the Mediterranean, face challenges like farmland loss due
to urban pressure. This study emphasizes retail stores as strategic focal points for evaluating …

The milpa as a supplier of bioactive compounds: a review

OG Méndez-Flores, H Ochoa-Díaz López… - Food Reviews …, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
Milpa is a traditional polyculture production system mainly composed of corn, beans and
pumpkin, together with other edible plants. It represents an important food and nutrients …

Conservation of biocultural diversity in the Huasteca Potosina region, Mexico

MR Pensado-Leglise, S Luna-Vargas… - Diversity, 2022 - mdpi.com
The Huasteca Potosina region has a relevant landscape heritage of biocultural diversity,
due to high biological diversity and the presence of the Teenek (Huastec Mayan), Nahua …

Modern pollen rain in humid tropical mountain forests from eastern Mexico: A patch-dynamics approach

T Jiménez-Zamora, D Espinosa, L Galicia… - The …, 2024 - journals.sagepub.com
Modern pollen rains have demonstrated that human legacies represent crucial information
on the performance of strategies for biological conservation. However, the potential use of …