Priority areas for the establishment of genetic reserves to actively protect key crop wild relative species in Italy
Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) are wild plant taxa genetically close to a crop. Being a precious source of genetic variability and of traits for crop improvement, CWR have a high socio-economic value and are identified among the main plant genetic resources. Alarming enough, the inter- and intraspecific...
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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Elsevier
2024-04-01
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Series: | Global Ecology and Conservation |
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Online Access: | http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2351989424000404 |