Perennial vegetables: A neglected resource for biodiversity, carbon sequestration, and nutrition.

ABSTRACT: Perennial vegetables are a neglected and underutilized class of crops with potential to address 21st century challenges. They represent 33-56% of cultivated vegetable species, and occupy 6% of world vegetable cropland. Despite their distinct relevance to climate change mitigation and nutritional security, perennial vegetables receive little attention in the scientific literature. Compared to widely grown and marketed vegetable crops, many perennial vegetables show higher levels of key nutrients needed to address deficiencies. Trees with edible leaves are the group of vegetables with the highest levels of these key nutrients. Individual "multi-nutrient" species are identified with very high levels of multiple nutrients for addressing deficiencies. This paper reports on the synthesis and met

SUBMITTER: Toensmeier E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7351156 | biostudies-literature | 2020

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature