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Germplasm Collection Gaps and Species Richness of Wild Relatives of Important Root, Tuber and Banana Crops.

The wild relatives of crops represent a major source of valuable traits for crop improvement. These resources are threatened by habitat destruction, land use changes, and other factors, requiring their urgent collection and long-term availability for research and breeding from ex situ collections. W...

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Main Authors: Castañeda Álvarez, Nora P., Khoury, Colin K., Sosa, Chrystian C., Achicanoy Estrella, Harold Armando, Bernau, V.
Format: Conjunto de datos
Language:Inglés
Published: 2014
Subjects:
phaseolus vulgaris
plant breeding
genetic resources
gene pools
wild plants
taxa
dapa
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/77653
Summary:The wild relatives of crops represent a major source of valuable traits for crop improvement. These resources are threatened by habitat destruction, land use changes, and other factors, requiring their urgent collection and long-term availability for research and breeding from ex situ collections. We propose a method to identify gaps in ex situ collections (i.e. gap analysis) of crop wild relatives as a means to guide efficient and effective collecting activities.

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