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Research Project: Efficient and Effective Preservation and Management of Plant and Microbial Genetic Resource Collections

Location: Agricultural Genetic Resources Preservation Research

Title: From wild species to landraces and cultivars

Author
item BYRNE, PATRICK - Colorado State University
item Richards, Christopher
item Volk, Gayle

Submitted to: Electronic Publication
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/10/2020
Publication Date: 4/10/2020
Citation: Byrne, P., Richards, C., Volk, G.M. 2020. From wild species to landraces and cultivars. In: Volk, G.M., Byrne, P., editors. Crop Wild Relatives and their Use in Plant Breeding. Fort Collins, Colorado: Colorado State University. Available: https://colostate.pressbooks.pub/cropwildrelatives/chapter/from-wild-species-to-landraces-and-cultivars/.

Interpretive Summary: Educational/training resources are being developed for topics related to plant genetic resources management and use. This is an ebook chapter that will be published in "Crop Wild Relatives and their Use in Plant Breeding". The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the domestication process from wild species to primitive varieties (landraces) and their subsequent improvement to modern cultivars. This ebook chapter is publicly available at: https://colostate.pressbooks.pub/cropwildrelatives/.

Technical Abstract: Educational/training resources are being developed for topics related to plant genetic resources management and use. This is an ebook chapter that will be published in "Crop Wild Relatives and their Use in Plant Breeding". The purpose of this chapter is to provide an overview of the domestication process from wild species to primitive varieties (landraces) and their subsequent improvement to modern cultivars. This ebook chapter is publicly available at: https://colostate.pressbooks.pub/cropwildrelatives/.