Colocasia esculenta, commonly known as taro, is a staple vegetable crop that has been used as food for over 9,000 years, making it one of the world’s oldest food crops. It is used as a source of protein, starch, and vitamins. It can be found in Southeast Asia but now has spread throughout the wor...
Fonio is a highly palatable cereal that is drought tolerant. It is often consumed in West Africa before most crops are ready to harvest because it is one of the world’s fastest maturing cereals. It is believed to be one of the oldest cereals in West Africa, where it is indigenous.Fonio is a negle...
Amaranthus collectively known as amaranth, comprises about 70 species, of which about 40 are native to the Americas. It includes at least 17 species with edible leaves and three grain amaranths. Amaranthus is a neglected and underutilized species (NUS): a category of non-commodity cultivated and ...
The African baobab is an extremely important indigenous fruit tree species for humans and animals in the dry areas of Africa. It offers shelter and provides food, fibre and medicine, as well as raw materials for many purposes. The African baobab is a neglected and underutilized species (NUS): a c...
This Directory of Lathyrus germplasm collections is being published using the standard IPGRI format for directories of germplasm collections which contains a standard set of headings for each entry. A template requesting information was circulated to a number of institutes and genebanks and the i...
The List of Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors (MCPD) is a reference tool developed jointly by IPGRI and FAO to provide international standards to facilitate germplasm passport information exchange across crops. These descriptors aim to be compatible with IPGRI crop descriptor lists and with the des...
Alercia, A.
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Diulgheroff, S.
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Metz, T.
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Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
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International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
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[FAO/IPGRI Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors [MCPD]]
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FAO/IPGRI Multi-Crop Passport Descriptors [MCPD]
La liste des descripteurs de passeport ‘multi-cultures’ est élaborée conjointement par l’IPGRI et la FAO afin de fournir des normes internationales permettant de faciliter l'échange de données passeport du matériel génétique. Ces descripteurs ont pour objectif d’être compatibles à la fois avec le...
Bambara groundnut is grown in Asia, parts of Northern Australia, and South and Central America and is widely distributed across the world. It is traditionally grown by women, giving it less value and less priority in land allocation, despite being regarded as the third most important legume in mu...
Shrestha, R.
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Mauleon, R.
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Simon, R.
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Jayashree, B.
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Channelière, S.
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Alercia, A.
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Senger, M.
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Manansala, K.
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Metz, T.
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Davenport, G.
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Bruskiewich, R.
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McLaren, G.
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Arnaud, Elizabeth
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[Development of GCP ontology for sharing crop information.]
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Development of GCP ontology for sharing crop information.