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Research Project: Efficient and Effective Preservation and Management of Plant and Microbial Genetic Resource Collections

Location: Agricultural Genetic Resources Preservation Research

Title: Introduction to crop wild relatives

Author
item Volk, Gayle
item Khoury, Colin
item Greene, Stephanie
item BYRNE, PATRICK - Colorado State University

Submitted to: Electronic Publication
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/10/2020
Publication Date: 4/10/2020
Citation: Volk, G.M., Khoury, C., Greene, S., Byrne, P. 2020. Introduction to crop wild relatives. In: Volk, G.M., Byrne, P., editors. Crop Wild Relatives and their Use in Plant Breeding. Fort Collins, Colorado: Colorado State University. Available: https://colostate.pressbooks.pub/cropwildrelatives/chapter/introduction-to-crop-wild-relatives/.

Interpretive Summary: Educational/training resources are being developed for topics related to plant genetic resources management and use. This is an ebook chapter that will be published in an ebook titled "Crop Wild Relatives and their Use in Plant Breeding". The purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate that food crops do not necessarily originate where they are consumed. Food crops have been domesticated from their wild origins and have been transported worldwide. It also explains how crop wild relatives offer genetic diversity to genebanks and breeding programs. This ebook is publicly available at: https://colostate.pressbooks.pub/cropwildrelatives/.

Technical Abstract: Educational/training resources are being developed for topics related to plant genetic resources management and use. This is an ebook chapter that will be published in an ebook titled "Crop Wild Relatives and their Use in Plant Breeding". The purpose of this chapter is to demonstrate that food crops do not necessarily originate where they are consumed. Food crops have been domesticated from their wild origins and have been transported worldwide. It also explains how crop wild relatives offer genetic diversity to genebanks and breeding programs. This ebook is publicly available at: https://colostate.pressbooks.pub/cropwildrelatives/.