In Vitro Technology in Plant Conservation: Relevance to Biocultural Diversity
Plant diversity is critical to the functioning of human societies, and evidence shows that plant conservation success is driven by integrative approaches that include social and biological factors. Plants have a unique capacity to reproduce asexually, and propagation practices can yield large number...
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| author | Verena Kulak Sheri Longboat Nicolas D. Brunet Mukund Shukla Praveen Saxena |
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| description | Plant diversity is critical to the functioning of human societies, and evidence shows that plant conservation success is driven by integrative approaches that include social and biological factors. Plants have a unique capacity to reproduce asexually, and propagation practices can yield large numbers of plantlets. These plantlets can be used in several ways to fulfil conservation goals including the repopulation of regions with declining densities of threatened species that hold cultural meaning. However, the potential of in vitro technologies in the conservation of plants that hold cultural meaning is understudied. In this paper we focus upon the roles of in vitro technologies in the conservation of plants relevant to biocultural environments and provide an overview of potential knowledge gaps at the interface of in vitro and plants used traditionally, including those meaningful to Indigenous Peoples. We conclude that in vitro technologies can be powerful tools in biocultural conservation if they are deployed in a manner respectful of the socio-cultural context in which plants play a role, but that further research is needed in this regard. We suggest several epistemological points to facilitate future research. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-3274911c75914c92b287d9384e11ca8b2023-11-23T21:42:25ZengMDPI AGPlants2223-77472022-02-0111450310.3390/plants11040503In Vitro Technology in Plant Conservation: Relevance to Biocultural DiversityVerena Kulak0Sheri Longboat1Nicolas D. Brunet2Mukund Shukla3Praveen Saxena4School of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaSchool of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaSchool of Environmental Design and Rural Development, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaPlant Agriculture Department, Gosling Research Institute for Plant Preservation, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaPlant Agriculture Department, Gosling Research Institute for Plant Preservation, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON N1G 2W1, CanadaPlant diversity is critical to the functioning of human societies, and evidence shows that plant conservation success is driven by integrative approaches that include social and biological factors. Plants have a unique capacity to reproduce asexually, and propagation practices can yield large numbers of plantlets. These plantlets can be used in several ways to fulfil conservation goals including the repopulation of regions with declining densities of threatened species that hold cultural meaning. However, the potential of in vitro technologies in the conservation of plants that hold cultural meaning is understudied. In this paper we focus upon the roles of in vitro technologies in the conservation of plants relevant to biocultural environments and provide an overview of potential knowledge gaps at the interface of in vitro and plants used traditionally, including those meaningful to Indigenous Peoples. We conclude that in vitro technologies can be powerful tools in biocultural conservation if they are deployed in a manner respectful of the socio-cultural context in which plants play a role, but that further research is needed in this regard. We suggest several epistemological points to facilitate future research.https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/4/503plant micropropagationIndigenousbiodiversitysocial ecological interactionsscience and technology studies |
| spellingShingle | Verena Kulak Sheri Longboat Nicolas D. Brunet Mukund Shukla Praveen Saxena In Vitro Technology in Plant Conservation: Relevance to Biocultural Diversity Plants plant micropropagation Indigenous biodiversity social ecological interactions science and technology studies |
| title | In Vitro Technology in Plant Conservation: Relevance to Biocultural Diversity |
| title_full | In Vitro Technology in Plant Conservation: Relevance to Biocultural Diversity |
| title_fullStr | In Vitro Technology in Plant Conservation: Relevance to Biocultural Diversity |
| title_full_unstemmed | In Vitro Technology in Plant Conservation: Relevance to Biocultural Diversity |
| title_short | In Vitro Technology in Plant Conservation: Relevance to Biocultural Diversity |
| title_sort | in vitro technology in plant conservation relevance to biocultural diversity |
| topic | plant micropropagation Indigenous biodiversity social ecological interactions science and technology studies |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2223-7747/11/4/503 |
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