Wild Crop Relatives and Associated Biocultural and Traditional Agronomic Practices for Food and Nutritional Security

The growing world population exerts tremendous pressure on our finite food resources. Since the lion's share of the global calorie intake is reliant upon a handful of plant species like rice, wheat, maize, soybean, and potato, it is the need of the hour to expand our dietary reliance to nutriti...

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Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
Subjects:	Biology, life sciences Research & information: general Technology, engineering, agriculture agrobiodiversity ammonia-oxidizing bacteria anthropocene antioxidant capacity ascorbic acid biochar biocultural knowledge biodiversity biomass biostimulant BPLFA breeding client-preferred traits climate change scenarios climate resilient climate suitability conservation constraints consumer-oriented breeding consumer-oriented germplasm conservation Crassocephalum crepidioides crop improvement cropping systems culinary cultivar development DHA dietary diversification Diplotaxis erucoides domestication domestication index electrophoresis ethnobotany farmer-breeder-chef-consumer nexus farmers' preferences fertilization field field gene banks food and nutritional security food composition FPLFA fruit selection index generations genetic diversity genetic resources genetics germination energy greenhouse Gynandropsis gynandra heritage seedbank indigenous knowledge induced mutation inulin Jerusalem artichoke knowledge dynamics landraces Launaea taraxacifolia legumes local food systems lodging resistance Macrotyloma geocarpum Maxent molecular biology morphotypes neglected and underutilized species neglected hexaploid wheat new crops nitrates non-domesticated legumes nutrition orphan crops photosynthetic efficiency planetary healthy diet policy polyphenols pre-breeding resource conservation seaweed extract seed dormancy seed germination seed priming seed-savers seed-storage proteins seedling vigour sinigrin sociolinguistic groups soil species distribution modeling stress tolerance Sustainable Development Goals Tanzania traditional agronomic practices traditional crop varieties traditional leafy vegetables transcriptomics underutilized crops undomesticated legumes unexplored legumes use value Vernonia amygdalina Vigna ambacensis Vigna racemosa Vigna reticulata Vigna species Vigna vexillata wild edibles wild food legumes
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