Wild Crop Relatives and Associated Biocultural and Traditional Agronomic Practices for Food and Nutritional Security

• Autore: Abhilash Purushothaman
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (334 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Biology, life sciences; Research & information: general; Technology, engineering, agriculture
• Soggetto non controllato: agrobiodiversity; ammonia-oxidizing bacteria; anthropocene; antioxidant capacity; ascorbic acid; biochar; biocultural knowledge; biodiversity; biomass; biostimulant; BPLFA; breeding; client-preferred traits; climate change scenarios; climate resilient; climate suitability; conservation; constraints; consumer-oriented breeding; consumer-oriented germplasm conservation; Crassocephalum crepidioides; crop improvement; cropping systems; culinary; cultivar development; DHA; dietary diversification; Diplotaxis erucoides; domestication; domestication index; electrophoresis; ethnobotany; farmer-breeder-chef-consumer nexus; farmers' preferences; fertilization; field; field gene banks; food and nutritional security; food composition; FPLFA; fruit selection index; generations; genetic diversity; genetic resources; genetics; germination energy; greenhouse; Gynandropsis gynandra; heritage seedbank; indigenous knowledge; induced mutation; inulin; Jerusalem artichoke; knowledge dynamics; landraces; Launaea taraxacifolia; legumes; local food systems; lodging resistance; Macrotyloma geocarpum; Maxent; molecular biology; morphotypes; neglected and underutilized species; neglected hexaploid wheat; new crops; nitrates; non-domesticated legumes; nutrition; orphan crops; photosynthetic efficiency; planetary healthy diet; policy; polyphenols; pre-breeding; resource conservation; seaweed extract; seed dormancy; seed germination; seed priming; seed-savers; seed-storage proteins; seedling vigour; sinigrin; sociolinguistic groups; soil; species distribution modeling; stress tolerance; Sustainable Development Goals; Tanzania; traditional agronomic practices; traditional crop varieties; traditional leafy vegetables; transcriptomics; underutilized crops; undomesticated legumes; unexplored legumes; use value; Vernonia amygdalina; Vigna ambacensis; Vigna racemosa; Vigna reticulata; Vigna species; Vigna vexillata; wild edibles; wild food legumes
• Persona (resp. second.): SinghAjeet; DubeyRama Kant; ZhangHailin; MerahOthmane; AbhilashPurushothaman
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Wild Crop Relatives and Associated Biocultural and Traditional Agronomic Practices for Food and Nutritional Security
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557420003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II