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The wild relatives of domesticated plant species usually do not possess all the desirable traits for routine agricultural production and use. This chapter offers an overview of the process of early crop domestication from thousands of years ago through to the progress in plant improvement by modern-day plant breeders.
- Gayle Volk, Patrick Byrne
- 2020
Jul 13, 2023 · The wild relatives of domesticated plants harbor tremendous genetic diversity that has the potential to help adapt crops to changing climates and future challenges.
Jan 10, 2023 · Crop wild relatives possess a plethora of genes that confer increased resistance to abiotic stresses and represent a source of alleles that are absent from modern cultivars that have significant agronomic value. They also feature higher genetic and phenotypic variability than domesticated species and thus provide breeders with a rich gene pool ...
Aug 13, 2024 · Wild genes in domestic species: how we can supercharge our crops using their distant relatives. Published: August 13, 2024 4:29pm EDT. Perfecting isolated strains of a species has limits....
Mar 21, 2016 · The wild relatives of domesticated crops possess genetic diversity useful for developing more productive, nutritious and resilient crop varieties. However, their conservation status and...
- Nora P. Castañeda-Álvarez, Nora P. Castañeda-Álvarez, Colin K. Khoury, Colin K. Khoury, Harold A. Ac...
- 2016
Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) are a fantastic source of plant genetic diversity, and they constitute a vital resource in the efforts to globally secure food supply for mankind through improved agricultural production. The wild relatives can be found in many different habitats around the world, often in areas threatened by degradation.
Jan 10, 2023 · Crop wild relatives possess a plethora of genes that confer increased resistance to abiotic stresses and represent a source of alleles that are absent from modern cultivars that have significant agronomic value. They also feature higher genetic and phenotypic variability than domesticated species and thus provide breeders with a rich gene pool ...
