The Importance of Becoming Tamed: Wild Food Plants as Possible Novel Crops in Selected Food-Insecure Regions

The Importance of Becoming Tamed: Wild Food Plants as Possible Novel Crops in Selected Food-Insecure Regions

Domestication of new plants is one of the key (ongoing) phenomena in the history of agriculture. Wild plants are the ancestors of current and future crops and the largest reservoir of genetic diversity for crop breeding and improvement. Wild food species have been used for human nutrition since anci...

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Main Authors: Naji Sulaiman, Muhammad Abdul Aziz, Nataliya Stryamets, Giulia Mattalia, Dauro Mattia Zocchi, Hiwa M. Ahmed, Ajmal Khan Manduzai, Adnan Ali Shah, Abdullah Faiz, Renata Sõukand, Zbynek Polesny, Andrea Pieroni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-01-01
Series:Horticulturae
Subjects:
ethnobotany
wild food plants
Afghanistan
Kurdistan
Pakistan
Syria
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2311-7524/9/2/171

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