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- Title
Complementary Analysis and Implementation Plan for Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives in Finland.
- Authors
Fitzgerald, Heli; Kiviharju, Elina; Palmé, Anna; Hyvärinen, Marko
- Abstract
Crop wild relatives (CWR) are valuable wild plant species that can be used as genetic resources providing adaptive traits to crop plants and therefore they play an important role in future food security. This paper describes in situ and ex situ conservation planning of CWR species in Finland and includes the following parts: (a) drafting of the national CWR priority list, (b) undertaking the in situ conservation gap analysis and (c) identifying ex situ conservation gaps and multi-species collecting sites for the CWR in Finland. As a result of the study, essential information was acquired, which will enhance future planning of active science-based practical conservation of CWR in Finland. Based on the new data and earlier work, a number of conservation recommendations are presented. This national work has been carried out in connection with the larger Nordic regional CWR co-operation.
- Subjects
FINLAND; GERMPLASM; PLANT germplasm; REGIONAL cooperation; FOOD crops; CROPS; PLANT species
- Publication
Plants (2223-7747), 2023, Vol 12, Issue 18, p3313
- ISSN
2223-7747
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/plants12183313