Importance of Landraces in Cereal Breeding for Stress Tolerance
The renewed focus on cereal landraces is a response to some negative consequences of modern agriculture and conventional breeding which led to a reduction of genetic diversity. Cereal landraces are still cultivated on marginal lands due to their adaptability to unfavourable conditions, constituting...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2021-06-01
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Series: | Plants |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/10/7/1267 |