Fostering in situ conservation of wild relatives of forage crops

Most plant conservation strategies generally overlook the intra-specific genetic diversity of crop gene pools. Focusing on forage crops and their wild relatives, we present a novel approach to address the conservation of these species on meadows. Two-thirds of Swiss agricultural land is green land,...

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Main Authors: Christina Kägi, Blaise Petitpierre, Philipp Meyer, Yvonne Lötscher, Stefan Eggenberg, Sylvain Aubry
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2023-10-01
Series:Frontiers in Plant Science
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Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2023.1287430/full