Plant Genetic Resources and Climate Change: Stakeholder Perspectives from the Nordic and Arctic Regions

2016 ◽  
pp. 13-24
Author(s):  
S Solberg ◽  
A Diederichsen ◽  
Á Helgadóttir ◽  
S Dalmannsdóttir ◽  
R Djurhuus ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Plant Genetic Resources ◽  
Stakeholder Perspectives ◽  
Arctic Regions

Plant Genetic Resources and Climate Change

Crop Science ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
pp. 2390-2392
Author(s):  
Manjit S. Kang
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Plant Genetic Resources

Climate change and crop wild relatives: can species track their suitable environment, and what do they lose in the process?

2013 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 234-237 ◽  
Author(s):  
Marleen M. P. Cobben ◽  
Rob van Treuren ◽  
Theo J. L. van Hintum
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Species Distribution ◽  
Species Distribution Models ◽  
Plant Genetic Resources ◽  
Crop Wild Relatives ◽  
Wild Relatives ◽  
Founder Effects ◽  
Distribution Models ◽  
Dispersal Capacity

Crop wild relatives are an increasingly important source of plant genetic resources for plant breeders. Several studies have estimated the effects of climate change on the distribution of crop wild relatives, using species distribution models. In this approach, two important aspects, i.e. species' dispersal capacity and founder effects, are currently not taken into account. Neglecting these aspects can lead to an underestimation of the climate change-induced threat to the size of the species range and the conservation of range-wide levels of genetic diversity. This paper presents two recommendations for the interpretation of the results obtained with these models. The integration of process-based simulation models and statistical species distribution models will facilitate the inclusion of dispersal processes and founder effects in future assessments of the resilience of plant genetic resources under climate change.

scholarly journals Biotechnological interventions for sustainable conservation of plant genetic resources in the scenario of climate change

2019 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
Author(s):  
R. K. Salgotra 1 ◽  
Manmohan Sharma 1 ◽  
Pankaj Pandotra 1
Keyword(s):  
Climate Change ◽  
Genetic Resources ◽  
Traditional Knowledge ◽  
Plant Species ◽  
Plant Genetic Resources ◽  
Sustainable Use ◽  
World Population ◽  
Plant Resources ◽  
Rare And Endangered

Climate change is an unequivocal fact and its impacts are already perceptible today. Climate change will profoundly alter the present conditions of agriculture in almost all countries with variable severity from region to region. On one hand unpredicted changes in climatic parameters are likely to threaten the production and productivity of economically important plant species particularly that of food crops, at the same time agriculture productivity requires significant increase to meet the expected growth in demand for food by the ever increasing world population. Conservation and sustainable use of diversity present in plant genetic resources and traditional knowledge of germplasm within and among plant species represent economic, scientific and societal value which has tendency to solve the food security problems erupt due to expanding global population. An advance made in biotechnology field such as in vitro culture technology, cryopreservation and molecular markers technology has generated significant contributions to improve the methods of conservation of rare and endangered plant genetic resources and traditional knowledge of germplasm and their valuable management in an effective way. A strategic and forward vision for conservation of plant genetic resources and traditional knowledge of germplasm and sustainable use of plant resources in the 21st century is of far reaching significance for sustainable development.

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