A global approach to crop wild relative conservation: securing the gene pool for food and agriculture

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cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Birminghamen
cg.contributor.affiliationFood and Agriculture Organization of the United Nationsen
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Readingen
cg.contributor.affiliationInternational Center for Tropical Agricultureen
cg.contributor.crpClimate Change, Agriculture and Food Security
cg.creator.identifierAndy Jarvis: 0000-0001-6543-0798
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-011-9253-4en
cg.isijournalISI Journalen
cg.issn1874-933Xen
cg.issue4en
cg.journalKew Bulletinen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.ccafsCLIMATE-SMART TECHNOLOGIES AND PRACTICESen
cg.subject.ciatCLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATIONen
cg.subject.ciatAGROFORESTRYen
cg.subject.ciatBIODIVERSITYen
cg.subject.ciatLAND USEen
cg.subject.ciatGENETIC RESOURCESen
cg.volume65en
dc.contributor.authorMaxted, Nigelen
dc.contributor.authorKell, S.en
dc.contributor.authorToledo, A.en
dc.contributor.authorDulloo, Mohammad Ehsanen
dc.contributor.authorHeywood, V.en
dc.contributor.authorHodgkin, T.en
dc.contributor.authorHunter Den
dc.contributor.authorGuarino, Luigien
dc.contributor.authorJarvis, Andyen
dc.contributor.authorFord-Lloyd, B.V.en
dc.date.accessioned2014-08-15T12:13:16Zen
dc.date.available2014-08-15T12:13:16Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/42010
dc.titleA global approach to crop wild relative conservation: securing the gene pool for food and agricultureen
dcterms.abstractIn light of the growing concern over the potentially devastating impacts on biodiversity and food security of climate change and the massively growing world population, taking action to conserve crop wild relatives (CWR), is no longer an option it is a priority. Crop wild relatives are species closely related to crops, including their progenitors, many of which have the potential to contribute beneficial traits to crops, such as pest or disease resistance, yield improvement or stability. They are a critical component of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA), have already made major contributions to crop production and are vital for future food security; their systematic conservation in ways that ensure their continuing availability for use is therefore imperative. This is a complex, interdisciplinary, global issue that has been addressed by various national and international initiatives. Drawing on the lessons learnt from these initiatives we can now propose a global approach to CWR conservation, the key elements of which are: (1) estimating global CWR numbers, (2) assessment of the global importance of CWR diversity, (3) current conservation status, (4) threats to CWR diversity, (5) systematic approaches to CWR conservation, (6) CWR informatics, and (7) enhancing the use of CWR diversity.en
dcterms.accessRightsLimited Access
dcterms.available2011-04-21
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMaxted, N., Kell, S., Toledo, Á. et al. A global approach to crop wild relative conservation: securing the gene pool for food and agriculture. Kew Bull 65, 561–576 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12225-011-9253-4en
dcterms.extentpp. 561-576en
dcterms.issued2010-12
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCopyrighted; all rights reserved
dcterms.publisherSpringeren
dcterms.replaceshttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/43125en
dcterms.subjectagricultureen
dcterms.subjectclimateen
dcterms.subjectbiodiversityen
dcterms.subjectbiodiversity conservationen
dcterms.subjectstorageen
dcterms.subjectdiversificationen
dcterms.subjectgenetic resourcesen
dcterms.subjectplant genetic resourcesen
dcterms.subjectfood securityen
dcterms.subjectalmacenamientoen
dcterms.subjectdiversificaciónen
dcterms.subjectrecursos genéticosen
dcterms.subjectrecursos genéticos vegetalesen
dcterms.subjectseguridad alimentariaen
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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