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Published : May 9, 2016 - 11:01 AM
More on crop wild relatives:
Want to know more about crop wild relatives, check out these related publications and articles, including the Gap Analysis paper and coverage and eggplant publication.
Publications
- Castañeda-Álvarez, N. P., Khoury, C. K., Achicanoy, H. A., Bernau, V., Dempewolf, H., Eastwood*, R. J., Guarino, L.,Harker*, R. H., Jarvis, A., Maxted, N., Müller*, J. V., Ramirez-Villegas, J., Sosa, C. C., Struik, P. C., Vincent, H. & Toll, J. (2016). Global conservation priorities for crop wild relatives. Nature Plants doi:10.1038/nplants.2016.22.
- Mindy M. Syfert, Nora P. Castañeda-Álvarez, Colin K. Khoury, Tiina Särkinen6, Chrystian C. Sosa, Harold A. Achicanoy, Vivian Bernau, Jaime Prohens, Marie-Christine Daunay and Sandra Knapp. (2016) Crop wild relatives of the brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena): Poorly represented in genebanks and many species at risk of extinction. American Journal of Botany
Articles
- Thomson Reuters Foundation – To climate-proof our food supply, go where the wild things are
- All Africa – To climate-proof our food supply, go where the wild things are
- Huffington Post – Faraway droughts, wars and conflicts hit closer to home than you think
- Inter Press Service – A new roadmap to achieve hunger goals
- Humanitarian News – A new roadmap to achieve hunger goals
- BBC news – Go wild to protect food security, says study
- Science – Wild relatives of key crops not protected in genebanks, study finds
- Voice of America – Study: Collect crops’ wild relatives for future food security
- Sputnik International – Conflicts in Iraq, Afghanistan threaten crop wild relatives – researcher
- Phys.org – Over 70 percent of crop wild relatives in need of urgent collection
- EurekAlert – Over 70 percent of crop wild relatives in need of urgent collection
- e Science News – Over 70 percent of crop wild relatives in need of urgent collection
- The News Journal – Over 70 percent of crop wild relatives in need of urgent collection
- National Geographic – Scientists say go wild to preserve crops for the future
- Meridian Institute – Top stories for 21st March
- Think Progress – Seed banks are supposed to ensure food security, but they’re missing crucial pieces
- The Scientist – TS Picks: 23 March 2016
- Nature – Plant banks miss crucial seeds
- Swiss Public Radio – Ernährungssicherheit: Auf der Suche nach den wilden Verwandten
- Sci Dev – Seed banks overlook wild relatives of food crops
- Wageningen University – Over 70 percent of crop wild relatives in need of urgent collection
- The Star – Wild plants related to maize, rice and wheat missing in crop banks
- Sci Dev – Podcast: Seed Investment
- Tolerance.ca – Study: Collect crops’ wild relatives for future food security
- Minuto30 – Plantas silvestres deben conservarse para alimentos del futuro
- Caracol Radio – Urge colectar más del 70% de las especies de parientes silvestres de cultivos esenciales
- La Opinion – Hay vacíos en los bancos de especies vegetales silvestres
- El Colombiano – Semillas no están todas cuidadas
- Nature – Learning from the past
- Modern Farmer – One of our best agricultural weapons against climate change is sorely lacking
- Publimetro – En el Valle del Cauca guardan las plantas silvestres que serán alimento mundial en el futuro