An Initiative for the Study and Use of Genetic Diversity of Domesticated Plants and Their Wild Relatives

Domestication has been influenced by formal plant breeding since the onset of intensive agriculture and the Green Revolution. Despite providing food security for some regions, intensive agriculture has had substantial detrimental consequences for the environment and does not fulfill smallholder’s ne...

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Main Authors: Alicia Mastretta-Yanes, Francisca Acevedo Gasman, Caroline Burgeff, Margarita Cano Ramírez, Daniel Piñero, José Sarukhán
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2018-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:http://journal.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fpls.2018.00209/full