Wild Relatives are Plant Breeders Insurance Policy for Food Security

Wild Relatives are Plant Breeders Insurance Policy for Food Security

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Ally Rodden, Pat Byrne, Barbara Hellier, Alan Humphries This is a video of a panel discussion and a summary article about the value of crop wild relatives in plant breeding. Panelists from Colorado and Washington (USA) and Australia provide examples of the successful use of crop wild relatives in cultivar development. They also discuss the threats to crop wild relatives in the wild and the challenges to using these species in plant breeding.

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