Economically, legumes (Fabaceae) represent the second most important family of crop
plants after the grass family, Poaceae. Grain legumes account for 27% of world crop …

Ensuring the availability of the broadest possible germplasm base for agriculture in the face
of increasingly uncertain and variable patterns of biotic and abiotic change is fundamental …

Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops.
They are a vital resource by providing a pool of genetic variation that can be used in …

Conservation biologists have drawn up a range of guidelines for the conservation of genetic
diversity—to maximise the chances that populations of threatened species persist, and to …

Humans require resilient, rapidly renewable and sustainable supplies of food and many
other plant-derived supplies. However, the combined effects of climate change and …

Crop wild relatives (CWRs) are important reservoirs of adaptive traits for crop breeding
programmes. Both ex situ and in situ conservation approaches should be deployed to …

Aim To assess the representativeness values of Mesoamerican endemic birds within the
current network of protected areas (PAs) to determine high‐priority and complementary …

Aim To contribute directly to Norway's national and international commitments to systematic,
long‐term conservation of crop wild relatives (CWR) by ensuring both the in situ and ex situ …

Crop wild relatives are genetically related wild taxa of crops with unique resources for crop
improvement through the transfer of novel and profitable genes. The in situ and ex situ …

We live in a time when, thanks to the achievements of a modern civilization, the consumption
and destruction are uncontrolled of what ensures human survival on the planet–the …