North American Crop Wild Relatives : Conservation Strategies, Hardcover

by Karen A. Williams

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North American Crop Wild Relatives : Conservation Strategies, Hardcover by Greene, Stephanie (EDT); Williams, Karen (EDT); Khoury, Colin (EDT); Kantar, Michael B. (EDT); Marek, Laura (EDT), ISBN 3319951009, ISBN-13 9783319951003, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US 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. Th 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 agricultura

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing A&G
• Year: 2019
• Binding: Hardcover
• ISBN: 9783319951003
• Condition: Fine

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