Deleterious effects of climate change and human activities, as well as diverse environmental
stresses, present critical challenges to food production and the maintenance of natural …

The goal of germplasm enhancement is to introgress traits from wild crop relatives into
cultivated material and eventually cultivars. It seeks to restore genetic diversity that has been …

Indonesia is a global hotspot of plant diversity. The country contains medicinal plants that
have immense value to the people and worldwide. However, climate change is affecting the …

PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Crop wild relatives (CWR) provide important traits for plant
breeding, including pest, pathogen, and abiotic stress resistance. Therefore, their …

Cannabis sativa is a versatile, sustainable cash crop grown in vast agro-climatic zones of
India. The present study used comprehensive datasets involving phytochemical and …

Potato (Solanum tuberosum L.), mankind's third most consumed food crop, originated as an
interspecific hybrid in the Andean highlands. More than 100 species closely related to potato …

Community seed banks (CSBs) are initiatives to support the conservation and use of diverse
crops though locally rooted collective action. The impact of CSBs is assumed to be complex …

Cannabis is a predominantly diecious phenotypically diverse domesticated genus with few if
any extant natural populations. International narcotics conventions and associated …

Conserving the genetic diversity of potato is critical for the long-term future of potato
improvement programs. Further, it is the social and ethical responsibility of the present …

Food production strategies and patterns are being altered in response to climate change.
Enhancing the adaptation of important food crops to novel climate regimes will be critical to …