An Initiative for the Study and Use of Genetic Diversity of Domesticated Plants and Their Wild Relatives.

ABSTRACT: Domestication has been influenced by formal plant breeding since the onset of intensive agriculture and the Green Revolution. Despite providing food security for some regions, intensive agriculture has had substantial detrimental consequences for the environment and does not fulfill smallholder's needs under most developing countries conditions. Therefore, it is necessary to look for alternative plant production techniques, effective for each environmental, socio-cultural, and economic conditions. This is particularly relevant for countries that are megadiverse and major centers of plant domestication and diversification. In this white paper, a Mexico-centered initiative is proposed, with two main objectives: (1) to study, understand, conserve, and sustainably use the genetic diversity of

SUBMITTER: Mastretta-Yanes A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5826304 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature