Wild Crop Relatives and Associated Biocultural and Traditional Agronomic Practices for Food and Nutritional Security
Abhilash, Purushothaman
Wild Crop Relatives and Associated Biocultural and Traditional Agronomic Practices for Food and Nutritional Security - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020 - 1 electronic resource (334 p.)
Open Access
The growing world population exerts tremendous pressure on our finite food resources. Since the lion‘s share of the global calorie intake is reliant upon a handful of plant species like rice, wheat, maize, soybean, and potato, it is the need of the hour to expand our dietary reliance to nutritionally rich but neglected, underutilized, and yet-to-be-used wild plants. Such wild plants also have ethnomedicinal and biocultural significance. Owing to their ecosystem plasticity, they can be easily cultivated in diverse soil systems, including marginal, degraded, and other disturbed areas. Due to these resilient attributes, they can be considered for large-scale cultivation. However, proper biotechnological interventions are important for removing the negative traits as well as for standardizing the mass multiplication and cultivation strategies of such species for various agro-climatic regions. This Special Issue, “Wild Crop Relatives and Associated Biocultural and Traditional Agronomic Practices for Food and Nutritional Security”, was dedicated to showcasing the potential wild crop varieties of nutritional significance and associated biocultural knowledge from the diverse agroecological regions of the world and also to formulating suitable policy frameworks for food and nutritional security. The novel recommendations provided by this Special Issue can serve as a stepping-stone for utilizing wild and neglected crops as supplemental foods.
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books978-3-03943-401-5 9783039434008 9783039434015
10.3390/books978-3-03943-401-5 doi
Research & information: general
Biology, life sciences
Technology, engineering, agriculture
non-domesticated legumes Vigna racemosa Vigna ambacensis Vigna reticulata Vigna vexillata Tanzania wild food legumes seed priming seaweed extract biostimulant germination energy seedling vigour consumer-oriented breeding consumer-oriented germplasm conservation culinary farmer–breeder–chef–consumer nexus genetic diversity heritage seedbank local food systems seed-savers stress tolerance anthropocene climate resilient food and nutritional security resource conservation underutilized crops Sustainable Development Goals biomass biochar soil BPLFA FPLFA DHA ammonia-oxidizing bacteria electrophoresis genetic resources neglected hexaploid wheat seed-storage proteins Crassocephalum crepidioides ethnobotany generations knowledge dynamics Launaea taraxacifolia use value Vernonia amygdalina ascorbic acid Diplotaxis erucoides field greenhouse new crops nitrates sinigrin traditional crop varieties Jerusalem artichoke inulin fertilization polyphenols antioxidant capacity climate change scenarios climate suitability fruit selection index Maxent species distribution modeling pre-breeding morphotypes domestication index indigenous knowledge sociolinguistic groups client-preferred traits seed dormancy seed germination molecular biology genetics traditional leafy vegetables Gynandropsis gynandra undomesticated legumes legumes Vigna species domestication unexplored legumes induced mutation lodging resistance photosynthetic efficiency transcriptomics orphan crops neglected and underutilized species wild edibles biodiversity food composition nutrition policy breeding Macrotyloma geocarpum farmers’ preferences cropping systems constraints cultivar development landraces conservation agrobiodiversity biocultural knowledge crop improvement dietary diversification field gene banks planetary healthy diet traditional agronomic practices
Wild Crop Relatives and Associated Biocultural and Traditional Agronomic Practices for Food and Nutritional Security - Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020 - 1 electronic resource (334 p.)
Open Access
The growing world population exerts tremendous pressure on our finite food resources. Since the lion‘s share of the global calorie intake is reliant upon a handful of plant species like rice, wheat, maize, soybean, and potato, it is the need of the hour to expand our dietary reliance to nutritionally rich but neglected, underutilized, and yet-to-be-used wild plants. Such wild plants also have ethnomedicinal and biocultural significance. Owing to their ecosystem plasticity, they can be easily cultivated in diverse soil systems, including marginal, degraded, and other disturbed areas. Due to these resilient attributes, they can be considered for large-scale cultivation. However, proper biotechnological interventions are important for removing the negative traits as well as for standardizing the mass multiplication and cultivation strategies of such species for various agro-climatic regions. This Special Issue, “Wild Crop Relatives and Associated Biocultural and Traditional Agronomic Practices for Food and Nutritional Security”, was dedicated to showcasing the potential wild crop varieties of nutritional significance and associated biocultural knowledge from the diverse agroecological regions of the world and also to formulating suitable policy frameworks for food and nutritional security. The novel recommendations provided by this Special Issue can serve as a stepping-stone for utilizing wild and neglected crops as supplemental foods.
Creative Commons
English
books978-3-03943-401-5 9783039434008 9783039434015
10.3390/books978-3-03943-401-5 doi
Research & information: general
Biology, life sciences
Technology, engineering, agriculture
non-domesticated legumes Vigna racemosa Vigna ambacensis Vigna reticulata Vigna vexillata Tanzania wild food legumes seed priming seaweed extract biostimulant germination energy seedling vigour consumer-oriented breeding consumer-oriented germplasm conservation culinary farmer–breeder–chef–consumer nexus genetic diversity heritage seedbank local food systems seed-savers stress tolerance anthropocene climate resilient food and nutritional security resource conservation underutilized crops Sustainable Development Goals biomass biochar soil BPLFA FPLFA DHA ammonia-oxidizing bacteria electrophoresis genetic resources neglected hexaploid wheat seed-storage proteins Crassocephalum crepidioides ethnobotany generations knowledge dynamics Launaea taraxacifolia use value Vernonia amygdalina ascorbic acid Diplotaxis erucoides field greenhouse new crops nitrates sinigrin traditional crop varieties Jerusalem artichoke inulin fertilization polyphenols antioxidant capacity climate change scenarios climate suitability fruit selection index Maxent species distribution modeling pre-breeding morphotypes domestication index indigenous knowledge sociolinguistic groups client-preferred traits seed dormancy seed germination molecular biology genetics traditional leafy vegetables Gynandropsis gynandra undomesticated legumes legumes Vigna species domestication unexplored legumes induced mutation lodging resistance photosynthetic efficiency transcriptomics orphan crops neglected and underutilized species wild edibles biodiversity food composition nutrition policy breeding Macrotyloma geocarpum farmers’ preferences cropping systems constraints cultivar development landraces conservation agrobiodiversity biocultural knowledge crop improvement dietary diversification field gene banks planetary healthy diet traditional agronomic practices