Conservation and sustainable use of crop wild relatives

Heywood, V. and Casas, A. and Ford-Lloyd, B. and et al, . (2007) Conservation and sustainable use of crop wild relatives. Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment, 121. pp. 245-255.

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Abstract

Conservation of crop wild relatives (CWRs) is a complex interdisciplinary process that is being addressed by various national and international initiatives, including two Global Environment Facility projects (‘In situ Conservation of CropWild Relatives through Enhanced Information Management and Field Application’ and ‘Design, Testing and Evaluation of Best Practices for in situ Conservation of Economically Important Wild Species’), the European Community-funded project ‘European Crop Wild Relative Diversity Assessment and Conservation Forum (PGR Forum)’ and the European ‘In situ and On Farm Network’. The key issues that have arisen are: (1) the definition of what constitutes a CWR, (2) the need for national and regional information systems and a global system, (3) development and application of priority-determining mechanisms, (4) the incorporation of the conservation of CWRs into existing national, regional and international PGR programmes, (5) assessment of the effectiveness of conservation actions, (6) awareness of the importance of CWRs in agricultural development at local, national and international levels both for the scientific and lay communities and (7) policy development and legal framework. The above issues are illustrated by work on the conservation of a group of legumes known as grasspea chicklings, vetchlings, and horticultural ornamental peas (Lathyrus spp.) in their European and Mediterranean centre of diversity.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Genetic diversity; Crop diversity; Conservation; Crop wild relatives
Author Affiliation: Centre for Plant Diversity and Systematics, Plant Science Laboratories, School of Biological Sciences, The University of Reading, Reading RG6 6AS, UK
Subjects: Crop Improvement
Divisions: General
Depositing User: Mr Siva Shankar
Date Deposited: 29 Jun 2012 04:03
Last Modified: 29 Jun 2012 04:04
Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.agee.2006.12.014
URI: http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/6340

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