Crop wild relatives—the plant species closely related to agricultural crops—are valuable genetic resources used by plant breeders to increase pest and disease resistance, stress tolerance, nutritional profile, and other traits critical to productivity, quality, and sustainability. Wild utilized p...
Khoury, Colin K.
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Greene, Stephanie L.
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Krishnan, Sarada
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Miller, Allison J.
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Moreau, Tara
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[A Road Map for Conservation, Use, and Public Engagement around North America’s Crop Wild Relatives and Wild Utilized Plants]
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A Road Map for Conservation, Use, and Public Engagement around North America’s Crop Wild Relatives and Wild Utilized Plants
The North American crop wild relatives (CWR) of lettuce (Lactuca L.) represent an underexplored pool of genetic diversity of potential value to breeding programs. The 10 species belong to three different groups: a native clade including at least six allotetraploid species [L. biennis (Moench) Fer...
Lebeda, Aleš
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Křístková, Eva
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Kitner, Miloslav
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Majeský, Ľuboš
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Doležalová, Ivana
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Khoury, Colin K.
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Widrlechner, Mark P.
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Hu, Jinguo
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Carver, Daniel
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Achicanoy, Harold A.E.
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Sosa, Chrystian C.
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[Research Gaps and Challenges in the Conservation and Use of North American Wild Lettuce Germplasm]
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Research Gaps and Challenges in the Conservation and Use of North American Wild Lettuce Germplasm
Crop wild relatives, the wild progenitors and closely related cousins of cultivated plant species, are sources of valuable genetic resources for crop improvement. Persisting gaps in knowledge of taxonomy, distributions, and characterization for traits of interest constrain their expanded use in p...
Mezghani, Najla
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Khoury, Colin K.
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Carver, Daniel
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Achicanoy, Harold A.E.
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Simon, Philipp
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Martínez Flores, Fernando
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Spooner, David
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[Distributions and Conservation Status of Carrot Wild Relatives in Tunisia: A Case Study in the Western Mediterranean Basin]
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Distributions and Conservation Status of Carrot Wild Relatives in Tunisia: A Case Study in the Western Mediterranean Basin
Cobben, MMP
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Treuren, R. van
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Castañeda-Álvarez, Nora P.
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Khoury, Colin K.
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Kik, C
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Hintum, Theo J.L. van
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[Robustness and accuracy of maxent niche modelling for Lactuca species distributions in light of collecting expeditions]
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Robustness and accuracy of maxent niche modelling for Lactuca species distributions in light of collecting expeditions
PREMISE OF THE STUDY: Crop wild relatives (CWR) provide important traits for plant breeding, including pest, pathogen, and abiotic stress resistance. Therefore, their conservation and future availability are essential for food security. Despite this need, the world's genebanks are currently thoug...
Syfert, Mindy M.
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Castañeda-Álvarez, Nora P.
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Khoury, Colin K.
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Särkinen, Tiina
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Sosa, Chrystian C.
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Achicanoy, Harold A.E.
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Bernau, V.
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Prohens, Jaime
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Daunay, Marie-Christine
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Knapp, Sandra
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[Crop wild relatives of the brinjal eggplant ( Solanum melongena ): poorly represented in genebanks and many species at risk of extinction]
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Crop wild relatives of the brinjal eggplant ( Solanum melongena ): poorly represented in genebanks and many species at risk of extinction
North America harbors a rich native flora of crop wild relatives—the progenitors and closely related species of domesticated plants—as well as a range of culturally significant wild utilized plants. Despite their current and potential future value, they are rarely prioritized for conservation eff...
Khoury, Colin K.
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Greene, Stephanie L.
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Krishnan, Sarada
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Miller, Allison J.
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Moreau, Tara
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Williams, Karen A.
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Rodriguez-Bonilla, Lorraine
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Spurrier, Carol S.
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Zalapa, Juan
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Nabhan, Gary Paul
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[Toward Integrated Conservation of North America's Crop Wild Relatives]
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Toward Integrated Conservation of North America's Crop Wild Relatives