Trends, challenges and opportunities in the in situ conservation of cereal landraces in Scottish islands

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cg.authorship.typesCGIAR and advanced research instituteen
cg.contributor.affiliationOrkney Collegeen
cg.contributor.affiliationUniversity of Birminghamen
cg.contributor.affiliationBioversity Internationalen
cg.contributor.donorCGIAR Trust Funden
cg.contributor.initiativeClimate Resilience
cg.contributor.initiativeMixed Farming Systems
cg.contributor.initiativeNational Policies and Strategies
cg.contributor.initiativeNature-Positive Solutions
cg.coverage.countryUnited Kingdom
cg.coverage.iso3166-alpha2GB
cg.coverage.regionEurope
cg.coverage.regionNorthern Europe
cg.creator.identifierPeter Martin: 0000-0001-6873-8034
cg.creator.identifierOlivia Shoemark: 0000-0002-6101-7071
cg.creator.identifierMaria Scholten: 0000-0002-7097-7090
cg.creator.identifierAdam Drucker: 0000-0002-9800-6800
cg.creator.identifierNigel Maxted: 0000-0002-2112-0947
cg.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.46265/genresj.qgsb7051en
cg.issn2708-3764en
cg.issue7en
cg.journalGenetic Resourcesen
cg.reviewStatusPeer Reviewen
cg.subject.actionAreaSystems Transformation
cg.subject.alliancebiovciatGENETIC RESOURCESen
cg.subject.impactAreaEnvironmental health and biodiversity
cg.subject.sdgSDG 2 - Zero hungeren
cg.volume4en
dc.contributor.authorMartin, Peteren
dc.contributor.authorShoemark, Oliviaen
dc.contributor.authorScholten, Mariaen
dc.contributor.authorWishart, Johnen
dc.contributor.authorDrucker, Adam G.en
dc.contributor.authorMaxted, Nigelen
dc.date.accessioned2023-04-04T14:46:23Zen
dc.date.available2023-04-04T14:46:23Zen
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/129898
dc.titleTrends, challenges and opportunities in the in situ conservation of cereal landraces in Scottish islandsen
dcterms.abstractLandraces are traditional crop varieties that often have special adaptations to the farming environment in which they have evolved and are therefore a valuable source of useful traits for plant breeders. In most agriculturally advanced countries, landraces of the main crops have generally been superseded by modern varieties. An exception to this in the United Kingdom is the cultivation on the Scottish archipelagos of Orkney, Shetland and the Outer Hebrides of three cereal landraces: bere, a 6-row barley (Hordeum vulgare), small oat (Avena strigosa) and Hebridean rye (Secale cereale). Our study focused on trends in their cultivation and use over the past 20 years. In the Outer Hebrides, a mixture of all three has continued to be grown on more than 200ha for feed because of its tolerance of nutrient-deficient sandy soils. Future cultivation is threatened, however, by damage from geese and deer, especially to fields used for seed production. In Orkney and Shetland, only bere and small oat are grown, and always as sole crops. The area of bere has increased in Orkney, from about 10ha in 2004 to almost 75ha in 2020 and has been driven by two supply chains producing bere for milling and malting. However, small oat in Orkney, and both small oat and, especially bere, in Shetland have been grown by very few farmers since 2018 and are at serious risk of being lost from cultivation. We discuss these results in the context of measures to support greater on-farm cultivation of these landraces.en
dcterms.accessRightsOpen Access
dcterms.audienceScientistsen
dcterms.available2023-04-03
dcterms.bibliographicCitationMartin, P.; Shoemark, O.; Scholten, M.; Wishart, J.; Drucker, A.G.; Maxted, N. (2023) Trends, challenges and opportunities in the in situ conservation of cereal landraces in Scottish islands. Genetic Resources 4(7) p. 32–45. ISSN: 2708-3764en
dcterms.extentp. 32-45en
dcterms.issued2023-04-03
dcterms.languageen
dcterms.licenseCC-BY-4.0
dcterms.publisherEuropean Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources (ECPGR)en
dcterms.subjectgenetic resources conservationen
dcterms.subjectcereal cropsen
dcterms.subjectlandracesen
dcterms.subjectscotlanden
dcterms.typeJournal Article

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