Abandonment of pearl millet cropping and homogenization of its diversity over a 40 year period in Senegal.

Cultivated diversity is considered an insurance against major climatic variability. However, since the 1980s, several studies have shown that climate variability and agricultural changes may already have locally eroded crop genetic diversity. We studied pearl millet diversity in Senegal through a co...

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Main Authors: Katina F Olodo, Adeline Barnaud, Ndjido A Kane, Cédric Mariac, Adama Faye, Marie Couderc, Leïla Zekraouï, Anaïs Dequincey, Diégane Diouf, Yves Vigouroux, Cécile Berthouly-Salazar
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239123