Crop Wild Relative Conservation and UseCrop wild relatives (CWR) are species closely related to crop plants which can contribute beneficial traits such as pest or disease resistance and yield improvement. Through an examination of national, regional and global context of CWR, this text presents methodologies and case studies that provide recommendations for global conservation and use. |
Contents
Establishing Inventories and Conservation Priorities | 67 |
Threat and Conservation Assessment | 209 |
Genetic Erosion and Genetic Pollution | 275 |
In Situ Conservation | 317 |
Ex Situ Conservation | 405 |
Information Management | 469 |
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accessions Aegilops alleles analysis Archaeophyte Armenia assessment biodiversity botanic gardens breeding chromosome collections conservation and sustainable countries criteria crop and CWR Crop Wild Relative cultivars CWR Catalogue CWR conservation CWR species CWR taxa CWRIS database descriptors distribution ecogeographical ecological ecosystems endemic Euro+Med PlantBase Europe European ex situ conservation extinction flora Food and Agriculture Ford-Lloyd forest gene bank gene flow gene pool genetic conservation genetic diversity genetic erosion genetic reserve genus germplasm global habitats hybrids important IPGRI Italy IUCN Red List landraces management plan Maxted medicinal plants monitoring native natural Ornam PGR Forum Plant Conservation Plant Genetic Resources plant species Plantlife International populations potential priority programmes protected areas region Resources for Food seed subsp target taxa taxon taxonomic threat tion underutilized species United Kingdom University of Birmingham wheat wild plants Wild Relative Conservation wild species