Building a feral future: Open questions in crop ferality

The phenomenon of feral crops, that is, free-living populations that have established outside cultivation, is understudied. Some researchers focus on the negative consequences of domestication, whereas others assert that feral populations may serve as useful pools of genetic diversity for future cro...

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Main Authors: Mabry, Makenzie E., Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar V., Bullock, James M., Wang, Hongru, Caicedo, Ana L., Dabney, Clemon J., Drummond, Emily B.M., Frawley, Emma, Gressel, Jonathan, Husband, Brian C., Lawton-Rauh, Amy, Maggioni, Lorenzo, Olsen, Kenneth M., Pandolfo, Claudio, Pires, J. Chris, Pisias, Michael T., Razifard, Hamid, Soltis, Douglas E., Soltis, Pamela S., Tillería, Sofía, Ureta, Soledad, Warschefsky, Emily, McAlvay, Alex C.
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Language:Inglés
Published: Wiley 2023
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129674
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author Mabry, Makenzie E.
Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar V.
Bullock, James M.
Wang, Hongru
Caicedo, Ana L.
Dabney, Clemon J.
Drummond, Emily B.M.
Frawley, Emma
Gressel, Jonathan
Husband, Brian C.
Lawton-Rauh, Amy
Maggioni, Lorenzo
Olsen, Kenneth M.
Pandolfo, Claudio
Pires, J. Chris
Pisias, Michael T.
Razifard, Hamid
Soltis, Douglas E.
Soltis, Pamela S.
Tillería, Sofía
Ureta, Soledad
Warschefsky, Emily
McAlvay, Alex C.
author_browse Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar V.
Bullock, James M.
Caicedo, Ana L.
Dabney, Clemon J.
Drummond, Emily B.M.
Frawley, Emma
Gressel, Jonathan
Husband, Brian C.
Lawton-Rauh, Amy
Mabry, Makenzie E.
Maggioni, Lorenzo
McAlvay, Alex C.
Olsen, Kenneth M.
Pandolfo, Claudio
Pires, J. Chris
Pisias, Michael T.
Razifard, Hamid
Soltis, Douglas E.
Soltis, Pamela S.
Tillería, Sofía
Ureta, Soledad
Wang, Hongru
Warschefsky, Emily
author_facet Mabry, Makenzie E.
Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar V.
Bullock, James M.
Wang, Hongru
Caicedo, Ana L.
Dabney, Clemon J.
Drummond, Emily B.M.
Frawley, Emma
Gressel, Jonathan
Husband, Brian C.
Lawton-Rauh, Amy
Maggioni, Lorenzo
Olsen, Kenneth M.
Pandolfo, Claudio
Pires, J. Chris
Pisias, Michael T.
Razifard, Hamid
Soltis, Douglas E.
Soltis, Pamela S.
Tillería, Sofía
Ureta, Soledad
Warschefsky, Emily
McAlvay, Alex C.
author_sort Mabry, Makenzie E.
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description The phenomenon of feral crops, that is, free-living populations that have established outside cultivation, is understudied. Some researchers focus on the negative consequences of domestication, whereas others assert that feral populations may serve as useful pools of genetic diversity for future crop improvement. Although research on feral crops and the process of feralization has advanced rapidly in the last two decades, generalizable insights have been limited by a lack of comparative research across crop species and other factors. To improve international coordination of research on this topic, we summarize the current state of feralization research and chart a course for future study by consolidating outstanding questions in the field. These questions, which emerged from the colloquium “Darwins' reversals: What we now know about Feralization and Crop Wild Relatives” at the BOTANY 2021 conference, fall into seven categories that span both basic and applied research: (1) definitions and drivers of ferality, (2) genetic architecture and pathway, (3) evolutionary history and biogeography, (4) agronomy and breeding, (5) fundamental and applied ecology, (6) collecting and conservation, and (7) taxonomy and best practices. These questions serve as a basis for ferality researchers to coordinate research in these areas, potentially resulting in major contributions to food security in the face of climate change.
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spelling CGSpace1296742025-12-08T09:54:28Z Building a feral future: Open questions in crop ferality Mabry, Makenzie E. Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar V. Bullock, James M. Wang, Hongru Caicedo, Ana L. Dabney, Clemon J. Drummond, Emily B.M. Frawley, Emma Gressel, Jonathan Husband, Brian C. Lawton-Rauh, Amy Maggioni, Lorenzo Olsen, Kenneth M. Pandolfo, Claudio Pires, J. Chris Pisias, Michael T. Razifard, Hamid Soltis, Douglas E. Soltis, Pamela S. Tillería, Sofía Ureta, Soledad Warschefsky, Emily McAlvay, Alex C. crops cultivation domestication genetic resources plant breeding cultivos cultivadores domesticación wild plants horticulture forestry The phenomenon of feral crops, that is, free-living populations that have established outside cultivation, is understudied. Some researchers focus on the negative consequences of domestication, whereas others assert that feral populations may serve as useful pools of genetic diversity for future crop improvement. Although research on feral crops and the process of feralization has advanced rapidly in the last two decades, generalizable insights have been limited by a lack of comparative research across crop species and other factors. To improve international coordination of research on this topic, we summarize the current state of feralization research and chart a course for future study by consolidating outstanding questions in the field. These questions, which emerged from the colloquium “Darwins' reversals: What we now know about Feralization and Crop Wild Relatives” at the BOTANY 2021 conference, fall into seven categories that span both basic and applied research: (1) definitions and drivers of ferality, (2) genetic architecture and pathway, (3) evolutionary history and biogeography, (4) agronomy and breeding, (5) fundamental and applied ecology, (6) collecting and conservation, and (7) taxonomy and best practices. These questions serve as a basis for ferality researchers to coordinate research in these areas, potentially resulting in major contributions to food security in the face of climate change. 2023-09 2023-03-16T11:53:28Z 2023-03-16T11:53:28Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/129674 en Open Access application/pdf Wiley Mabry, M.E.; Bagavathiannan, M.V.; Bullock, J.M.; Wang, H.; Caicedo, A.L.; Dabney, C.J.; Drummond, E.B.M.; Frawley, E.; Gressel, J.; Husband, B.C.; Lawton-Rauh, A.; Maggioni, L.; Olsen, K.M.; Pandolfo, C.; Pires, J. C.; Pisias, M.T.; Razifard, H.; Soltis, D.E.; Soltis, P.S.; Tillería, S.; Ureta, S.; Warschefsky, E.; McAlvay, A.C. (2023) Building a feral future: Open questions in crop ferality. Plants People Planet Online First published (09 March 2023) 15 p. ISSN: 2572-2611
spellingShingle crops
cultivation
domestication
genetic resources
plant breeding
cultivos
cultivadores
domesticación
wild plants
horticulture
forestry
Mabry, Makenzie E.
Bagavathiannan, Muthukumar V.
Bullock, James M.
Wang, Hongru
Caicedo, Ana L.
Dabney, Clemon J.
Drummond, Emily B.M.
Frawley, Emma
Gressel, Jonathan
Husband, Brian C.
Lawton-Rauh, Amy
Maggioni, Lorenzo
Olsen, Kenneth M.
Pandolfo, Claudio
Pires, J. Chris
Pisias, Michael T.
Razifard, Hamid
Soltis, Douglas E.
Soltis, Pamela S.
Tillería, Sofía
Ureta, Soledad
Warschefsky, Emily
McAlvay, Alex C.
Building a feral future: Open questions in crop ferality
title Building a feral future: Open questions in crop ferality
title_full Building a feral future: Open questions in crop ferality
title_fullStr Building a feral future: Open questions in crop ferality
title_full_unstemmed Building a feral future: Open questions in crop ferality
title_short Building a feral future: Open questions in crop ferality
title_sort building a feral future open questions in crop ferality
topic crops
cultivation
domestication
genetic resources
plant breeding
cultivos
cultivadores
domesticación
wild plants
horticulture
forestry
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