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Crop Wild Relative’s Gap Analysis—Over 70% of essential crop wild relative species in urgent need…
https://www.croptrust.org/press-release/crop-wild-relatives-gap-analysis/[font face=Serif][font size=5]Crop Wild Relative’s Gap Analysis[/font]
[font size=4]Over 70% of essential crop wild relative species in urgent need of collection, says new research – a first of its kind, global mapping project reveals gaps in wild crop genetic diversity for agriculture to adapt to future climate change.[/font]
[font size=3]BONN, GERMANY – 21 March 2016 – Many of the wild plants which will be the building blocks for future global food supply are missing from the world’s genebanks, according to new research by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in coordination with the Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) and the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew.
These so-called crop wild relatives (CWR) – distant cousins of well-known food crops like rice, potato maize and wheat – are widely recognized as one of the most important resources available to plant breeders in the fight against climate change. But many have not been collected and conserved in genebanks, meaning breeders are unable to use them. In addition, many of their habitats are under threat from urbanization, pollution, deforestation, climate change and war.
CWR possess valuable genetic diversity that can be used to develop crops capable of adapting and thriving under the impacts of climate change, including higher temperatures, increased soil salinity due to rising sea levels, and more frequent and severe pest and disease outbreaks.
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[font size=4]Over 70% of essential crop wild relative species in urgent need of collection, says new research – a first of its kind, global mapping project reveals gaps in wild crop genetic diversity for agriculture to adapt to future climate change.[/font]
[font size=3]BONN, GERMANY – 21 March 2016 – Many of the wild plants which will be the building blocks for future global food supply are missing from the world’s genebanks, according to new research by the International Center for Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) in coordination with the Global Crop Diversity Trust (Crop Trust) and the Royal Botanic Gardens (RBG), Kew.
These so-called crop wild relatives (CWR) – distant cousins of well-known food crops like rice, potato maize and wheat – are widely recognized as one of the most important resources available to plant breeders in the fight against climate change. But many have not been collected and conserved in genebanks, meaning breeders are unable to use them. In addition, many of their habitats are under threat from urbanization, pollution, deforestation, climate change and war.
CWR possess valuable genetic diversity that can be used to develop crops capable of adapting and thriving under the impacts of climate change, including higher temperatures, increased soil salinity due to rising sea levels, and more frequent and severe pest and disease outbreaks.
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