Despite the dramatic increase in food production thanks to the Green Revolution, hunger is
increasing among human populations around the world, affecting one in nine people. The …

The history of ex situ conservation is relatively short, not more than a century old. During the
middle of last century, triggered by the realization that genetic erosion was threatening the …

Germplasm is a valuable natural resource that provides knowledge about the genetic
composition of a species and is crucial for conserving plant diversity. Germplasm protection …

Cultivated strawberry (Fragaria× ananassa) is one of our youngest domesticates, originating
in early eighteenth-century Europe from spontaneous hybrids between wild allo-octoploid …

Plant domestication and crop improvement have resulted in reduced genetic diversity in
most of our cultivated crops, thus limiting their potential to adapt to future challenges (Byrne …

Societal Impact Statement Eroding plant diversity has serious implications for the well‐being
of humanity and our planet. Conserving plants ex situ requires technologies that are rapidly …

Pea (Pisum sativum L.) is an annual cool-season legume crop. Owing to its role in
sustainable agriculture as both a rotation and a cash crop, its global market is expanding …

Abstract Pea (Pisum sativum L.), a cool-season legume crop grown in more than 85
countries, is the second most important grain legume and one of the major green vegetables …

In this paper, we review gene bank operations that have an influence on the global
conservation system, with the intention to identify critical aspects that should be improved for …

Plant genetic resources (PGR) underpin the security of global agriculture. Rapid global
climate change presents formidable challenges for ex situ and in situ PGR management …