scholarly journals Lessons from Common Bean on How Wild Relatives and Landraces Can Make Tropical Crops More Resistant to Climate Change

Author(s):  
Andrés J. Cortés ◽  
Matthew W. Blair
Agronomy ◽  
2013 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 433-461 ◽  
Author(s):  
Timothy Porch ◽  
James Beaver ◽  
Daniel Debouck ◽  
Scott Jackson ◽  
James Kelly ◽  
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2021 ◽  
Vol 191 ◽  
pp. 103174
Author(s):  
Luís A.S. Antolin ◽  
Alexandre B. Heinemann ◽  
Fábio R. Marin

Author(s):  
Andrew P. Barnes ◽  
Hernan Botero ◽  
Lisset Pérez ◽  
David Ríos-Segura ◽  
Julian Ramirez-Villegas

2014 ◽  
Vol 38 (4) ◽  
pp. 369-377 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hannes Dempewolf ◽  
Ruth J. Eastwood ◽  
Luigi Guarino ◽  
Colin K. Khoury ◽  
Jonas V. Müller ◽  
...  

Author(s):  
Hari Kesh ◽  
Prashant Kaushik

Melon (Cucumis melo L.) a member of family Cucurbitaceae is extensively cultivated for its fleshy fruits. Based on the specific agro-climatic zones of cultivation as well as concerning the regional preferences, melon displays significant variability phenotypic and biochemical attributes. Below, an effort is put forth to considerably evaluate the scope of achievements while in the growth as well as the enactment of melon breeding programs by employing the newest solutions. Melon breeding has achieved critical milestones throughout the previous century, and we hope this trend will go on to persist down the road. However, studies have to determine new genetic information for genes associated with the challenges imposed by climate change. The identification of valuable hereditary and also metabolic variability in the form of landraces and melon wild relatives will be useful for harvest diversification and also for the broadening of the cultivated melon genetic base. Whereas, considerable information on genomics, and melon metabolomics, is beneficial for dissecting the basis of the inheritance of important traits and their impact on the former characteristics. Overall, we hope the manuscript is going to serve as a crucial resource for the melon breeders.


2015 ◽  
Vol 210 ◽  
pp. 50-58 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianfu Jiang ◽  
Shelagh Kell ◽  
Xiucai Fan ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Wei Wei ◽  
...  

2015 ◽  
Vol 209 ◽  
pp. 155-163 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jianfu Jiang ◽  
Shelagh Kell ◽  
Xiucai Fan ◽  
Ying Zhang ◽  
Wei Wei ◽  
...  

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