Genebanks have the long-term mission of preserving plant genetic resources as an
agricultural legacy for future crop improvement. Operating procedures for seed storage and …

Over the past 70 years, the world has witnessed extraordinary growth in crop productivity,
enabled by a suite of technological advances, including higher yielding crop varieties …

A recent Molecular Ecology editorial made a proactive statement of support for the “Nagoya
Protocol” and the principle of benefit‐sharing by requiring authors to provide a “Data …

The recent debates on the legal status of “digital sequence information”(DSI) at the
international level could have extensive consequences for the future of agriculture and food …

Plant genetic resources (PGR), including collections held in national and international gene
banks, provide access to a wide array of genetic diversity and are critical to genomics …

The decoupling of biological information from its material source has changed debates
about global access and benefit sharing (ABS) of genetic resources. What does the …

The most remarkable feature of our planet is the diversity of its life forms, ranging from
viruses and nanobacteria to blue whales and giant sequoias to satanic leaf-tailed geckos …

Agricultural data in its multiple forms are ubiquitous. With progress in crop and input
monitoring systems and price reductions over the past decade, data are now being captured …

In the past decade and a half, key international agreements have established systems of
access and benefit sharing that aim to obtain consent and provide compensation for …

The skills, insights, and genetic data gathered by molecular ecologists are pivotal to
addressing many contemporary biodiversity, environmental, cultural, and societal …