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North American Crop Wild Relatives, Volume 1 - Conservation Strategies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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North American Crop Wild Relatives, Volume 1 - Conservation Strategies (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2018)
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The plant species that humans rely upon have an extended family of
wild counterparts that are an important source of genetic diversity
used to breed productive crops. These wild and weedy cousins are
valuable as a resource for adapting our food, forage, industrial
and other crops to climate change. Many wild plant species are also
directly used, especially for revegetation, and as medicinal and
ornamental plants. North America is rich in these wild plant
genetic resources. This book is a valuable reference that describes
the important crop wild relatives and wild utilized species found
in Canada, the United States and Mexico. The book highlights
efforts taken by these countries to conserve and use wild resources
and provides essential information on best practices for collecting
and conserving them. Numerous maps using up-to-date information and
methods illustrate the distribution of important species, and
supplement detailed description on the potential value these
resources have to agriculture, as well as their conservation
statuses and needs. There is broad recognition of the urgent need
to conserve plant diversity; however, a small fraction of wild
species is distinguished by their potential to support agricultural
production. Many of these species are common, even weedy, and are
easily overshadowed by rare or endangered plants. Nevertheless,
because of their genetic proximity to agriculturally important
crops or direct use, they deserve to be recognized, celebrated,
conserved, and made available to support food and agricultural
security. This comprehensive two-volume reference will be valuable
for students and scientists interested in economic botany, and for
practitioners at all levels tasked with conserving plant
biodiversity. The chapters 'Public Education and Outreach
Opportunities for Crop Wild Relatives in North America' and
'Genetic Resources of Crop Wild Relatives - A Canadian Perspective'
are open access under a CC BY 4.0 license via link.springer.com.
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