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Wild crop relatives are now playing a significant part in the elucidation and improvement of the genomes of their cultivated counterparts. This work includes comprehensive examinations of the status, origin, distribution, morphology, cytology, genetic diversity and available genetic and genomic resources of numerous wild crop relatives, as well as of their evolution and phylogenetic relationship. Further topics include their role as model plants, genetic erosion and conservation efforts, and their domestication for the purposes of bioenergy, phytomedicines, nutraceuticals and phytoremediation. Wild Crop Relatives: Genomic and Breeding Resources comprises 10 volumes on Cereals, Millets and Grasses, Oilseeds, Legume Crops and Forages, Vegetables, Temperate Fruits, Tropical and Subtropical Fruits, Industrial Crops, Plantation and Ornamental Crops, and Forest Trees. It contains 125 chapters written by nearly 400 well-known authors from about 40 countries.

Vegetables --- Wild plants, Edible --- Crops --- Agriculture --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Agriculture - General --- Plant Sciences --- Breeding --- Genetic engineering --- Genetics --- Germplasm resources --- Agricultural crops --- Crop plants --- Farm crops --- Industrial crops --- Edible native plants --- Edible weeds --- Edible wild plants --- Native edible plants --- Native plants, Edible --- Weeds, Edible --- Wild edible plants --- Wild food plants --- Wild plants as food --- Life sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Biodiversity. --- Plant genetics. --- Plant breeding. --- Life Sciences. --- Plant Breeding/Biotechnology. --- Plant Genetics & Genomics. --- Plant Genetics and Genomics. --- Plants --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Breeding. --- Genetics.

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The edited volume brings out a comprehensive collection of information relevant to wild food plants, their importance for global sustainable food security, future-readiness, and resilient agriculture. The book's primary focus is to cover topics on the diversity of wild food plants across the globe, their nutraceutical importance, production-consumption trends, integration into the current food menu, and marketing and livelihood opportunities to the indigenous people. Sustainable development goals 1, 2, and 3 are significant for a poverty-free, hunger-free world and ensure good health and wellbeing of the people, respectively. The three goals are important and interlinked as achieving zero poverty will help reduce hunger among the people. Availability of nutritional and balanced food ensures good health. Wild food plants are an essential part of a nourishing and healthy diet for indigenous communities. They are globally collected from natural habitats or cultivated at more minor scales. Although consumed locally, they are an essential part of the diets of tribal and indigenous communities worldwide and hold immense potential to alleviate global hunger. Considering their importance for global sustainable food security, it is essential to clearly understand the future role of wild food plants for future readiness and resilient agriculture. Therefore, this book provides a piece of important information on these aspects. The book is a valuable resource for the audience ranging from undergraduate science students to the NGOs and institutions involved in poverty alleviation programs, policymakers, dieticians, horticulturists, plant breeders, farmers, health experts, and food enthusiasts.

Forestry. --- Agriculture. --- Botany. --- Plant Science. --- Botanical science --- Floristic botany --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Biology --- Natural history --- Plants --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Life sciences --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Forest land --- Forest lands --- Forest planting --- Forest production --- Forest sciences --- Forestation --- Forested lands --- Forestland --- Forestlands --- Forestry --- Forestry industry --- Forestry sciences --- Land, Forest --- Lands, Forest --- Silviculture --- Sylviculture --- Woodlands --- Woods (Forests) --- Agriculture --- Natural resources --- Afforestation --- Arboriculture --- Logging --- Timber --- Tree crops --- Trees --- Wild plants, Edible. --- Forests and forestry. --- Edible native plants --- Edible weeds --- Edible wild plants --- Native edible plants --- Native plants, Edible --- Weeds, Edible --- Wild edible plants --- Wild food plants --- Wild plants as food --- Plants, Edible

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This book continues as volume 9 of a multi-compendium on Edible Medicinal and Non-Medicinal Plants. It covers such plants with edible  modified storage subterranean stems (corms, rhizomes, stem tubers) and unmodified subterranean stem stolons,  above ground swollen stems and hypocotyls,  storage roots (tap root, lateral roots,  root tubers), and bulbs,  that  are eaten as conventional or functional food  as  vegetables and spices,  as herbal teas,  and may provide a source of food additive or nutraceuticals. This volume covers plant species with edible modified stems, roots and bulbs from Acanthaceae to Zygophyllaceae (tabular) and 32 selected species in Alismataceae, Amaryllidaceae, Apiaceae, Araceae, Araliaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Basellaceae, Brassicaceae and  Campanulaceae in detail.  The edible species dealt with in this work include wild and underutilized crops and also common and widely grown ornamentals. To help in identification of the plant and edible parts about 120 colored illustrations are included.   As in the preceding  eight  volumes, topics covered include: taxonomy (botanical name and synonyms); common English and vernacular names; origin and distribution; agro-ecological requirements; edible plant parts and uses; plant botany; nutritive, medicinal and pharmacological properties with up-to-date research findings; traditional medicinal uses; other  non-edible uses; and selected/cited  references for further reading. This volume has  separate  indices for scientific and common names; and separate scientific and medical glossaries.

Life Sciences. --- Plant Sciences. --- Agriculture. --- Biomedicine general. --- Medicine/Public Health, general. --- Biodiversity. --- Chemistry/Food Science, general. --- Life sciences. --- Medicine. --- Chemistry. --- Botany. --- Sciences de la vie --- Médecine --- Chimie --- Agriculture --- Biodiversité --- Botanique --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Botany - General --- Medicinal plants. --- Wild plants, Edible. --- Desert plants. --- Desert flora --- Edible native plants --- Edible weeds --- Edible wild plants --- Native edible plants --- Native plants, Edible --- Weeds, Edible --- Wild edible plants --- Wild food plants --- Wild plants as food --- Drug plants --- Plant science. --- Arid regions plants --- Plants, Edible --- Plants, Useful --- Botanical drug industry --- Botany, Medical --- Materia medica, Vegetable --- Psychotropic plants --- Physical sciences --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Clinical sciences --- Medical profession --- Human biology --- Life sciences --- Medical sciences --- Pathology --- Physicians --- Farming --- Husbandry --- Industrial arts --- Food supply --- Land use, Rural --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Plants --- Health Workforce --- Biomedicine, general. --- Floristic botany

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This book provides the latest published nutritional data about wild edible plants traditionally consumed in the Mediterranean region. This information, not usually included in nutrient databases of foods, provides insight into the revalorization of wild food species and preservation of their traditional uses. The text also presents wild edible plants as alternatives to improve the diversity of modern Mediterranean diets, as they may represent valuable sources of nutrients often lacking in modern societies, such as fiber or vitamin B9. This work has expanded from the two initial groups, to involve different contributors, including experts from different countries, most of them bordering the Mediterranean Sea. As a result, a multidisciplinary approach has been achieved.The book is organized into four parts that deals with different aspects of wild edible plants, the last one and largest offering a detailed compilation of ethnobotanical and nutritional information about some of the most important Mediterranean wild edible plants.

Food science. --- Botany - General --- Botany --- Earth & Environmental Sciences --- Wild plants, Edible --- Edible native plants --- Edible weeds --- Edible wild plants --- Native edible plants --- Native plants, Edible --- Weeds, Edible --- Wild edible plants --- Wild food plants --- Wild plants as food --- Plants, Edible --- Botany. --- Biochemistry. --- Biodiversity. --- Plant Sciences. --- Plant Biochemistry. --- Food Science. --- Science --- Biological diversification --- Biological diversity --- Biotic diversity --- Diversification, Biological --- Diversity, Biological --- Biology --- Biocomplexity --- Ecological heterogeneity --- Numbers of species --- Biological chemistry --- Chemical composition of organisms --- Organisms --- Physiological chemistry --- Chemistry --- Medical sciences --- Botanical science --- Phytobiology --- Phytography --- Phytology --- Plant biology --- Plant science --- Natural history --- Plants --- Composition --- Plant science. --- Plant biochemistry. --- Food—Biotechnology. --- Phytochemistry --- Plant biochemistry --- Plant chemistry --- Biochemistry --- Phytochemicals --- Plant biochemical genetics --- Floristic botany --- Biotecnologia vegetal --- Biodiversitat --- Aliments --- Botànica --- Biotecnologia --- Conreus --- Biotecnologia de les plantes --- Biotecnologia dels conreus --- Plantes --- Biotecnologia agrícola --- Fitografia --- Fitologia --- Regne vegetal --- Biologia --- Ciències naturals --- Flora --- Natura, Estudi de la --- Biotecnologia agroalimentària --- Biotecnologia alimentària --- Aliments transgènics --- Tecnologia dels aliments --- Diversitat biològica --- Diversitat ecològica --- Heterogeneïtat ecològica --- Mediterranean Region. --- Circum-Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Area --- Mediterranean countries --- Mediterranean Sea Region

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The papers included in this Special Issue address a variety of important aspects of plant biodiversity and genetic resources, including definitions, descriptions, and illustrations of different components and their value for food and nutrition security, breeding, and environmental services. Furthermore, comprehensive information is provided regarding conservation approaches and techniques for plant genetic resources, policy aspects, and results of biological, genetic, morphological, economic, social, and breeding-related research activities. The complexity and vulnerability of (plant) biodiversity and its inherent genetic resources, as an integral part of the contextual ecosystem and the human web of life, are clearly demonstrated in this Special Issue, and for several encountered problems and constraints, possible approaches or solutions are presented to overcome these.

Research & information: general --- Biology, life sciences --- climate change --- combined drought and heat stress --- drought --- heat --- landraces --- maize --- Rhododendron --- conservation strategies --- genetic differentiation --- gene flow --- populations contraction --- AFLP --- genetic diversity --- invasive --- Poaceae --- population genetics --- range expansion --- genebanks --- forage germplasm --- grasses --- legumes --- seed storage --- conservation --- seed longevity --- seed germination --- monitoring --- regeneration --- pea landraces --- Amorgos --- Schinoussa --- DNA Barcoding --- ISSR genotyping --- HRM analysis --- powdery mildew --- ex situ conservation --- germination --- longevity --- plant genetic resources --- agrobiodiversity --- genebank --- genebank management --- seed physiology --- seed quality management --- Carthamus tinctorius --- genotyping by sequencing --- germplasm characterization --- GWAS --- oilseed crop --- DArT markers --- macadamia --- dendrogram --- principal coordinate analysis --- population structure --- wild species --- malnutrition --- food security --- vegetables --- genetic resources --- home gardens --- community seedbanks --- variety introduction --- vegetable breeding --- high-throughput phenotyping --- statistical modelling --- phenotypic breeding --- genomic selection --- Solanum chacoense --- stress tolerance --- Brassica oleracea --- diversity --- SNP --- atolls --- leafy vegetables --- non-communicable diseases (NCD) --- nutrition security --- mineral nutrients --- natural biofortification --- crop wild relatives --- biological features --- use --- local --- national and global efforts --- policy --- gene donors --- pre-breeding --- breeding --- cross-sectoral collaboration --- crop wild relatives (CWR) --- drylands --- Kitui county --- wild food plants --- Cyprus --- domestication --- microsatellites --- Vitis vinifera subsp. sativa --- Vitis vinifera subsp. Sylvestris --- Fraxinus spp. --- manna --- local varieties nSSR --- cpSSR --- cytometry --- morphological traits --- documentation --- agricultural biodiversity --- wheat --- genome-wide association studies --- association mapping --- stripe rust --- anti-inflammatory activity --- antioxidants --- catechin --- Erodium crassifolium --- underutilized species --- agro-biodiversity --- centres of origin --- geographic distribution --- phylogenetic diversity --- useful plants --- Vavilov centres --- plant breeding --- climate change adaptation --- developing countries --- Punica protopunica Balf. --- Punica granatum L. --- Punica genera --- Lythraceae --- nitrogen fixation --- symbiosis --- bean --- landrace --- PPB --- participatory breeding --- climate resilient --- Honduras --- banana --- desiccation tolerance --- Musa --- Papua New Guinea --- seed conservation --- seed storage behaviour --- crop diversity --- drought tolerance --- genetic approaches --- neglected and underutilized species --- plant genetic resources for food and agriculture --- access and benefit sharing --- multilateral system --- CGIAR --- nutrition data --- multi-sectoral collaboration --- payment for ecosystem services --- payment for environmental services --- agrobiodiversity conservation --- agricultural adaptation --- clonal crops --- collection management --- cryobiotechnology --- cryopreservation --- field collections --- field maintenance --- germplasm storage --- in vitro conservation --- recalcitrant seeds --- genetic erosion --- ex situ and in situ conservation --- diversification --- sustainability --- food and nutrition security --- crop genetic resources --- diagnostics --- germplasm --- crop breeding --- pathogen --- pest --- Plant Treaty --- phytosanitary regulations --- transboundary pests --- invasive species --- prevention --- quarantine --- seed --- seed health --- virus indexing