Plant genetic resources are the genetic material of plants that hold actual or potential value for food and agriculture, spanning wild crop relatives, traditional landraces and modern breeding lines, treated collectively as a resource to be identified, conserved and made available for future crop breeding. International governance of plant genetic resources, including farmers' access and benefit-sharing, is addressed by instruments such as the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
Facts
Classification
Concept ClassGenetic Resources and Crop Diversity 1 Connections
Associated With
The Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen), the Nordic body for plant, farm-animal and forest genetic resource conservation, has its head office and NordGen Plants located on the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences' Alnarp campus.
The Vavilov Institute, built on Nikolai Vavilov's global seed-collecting expeditions, is a foundational plant genetic resources institution.
Sources
1. Plant Genetic Resources (Wikipedia)
History
It was not until 1967 that the term genetic resources was coined by Otto Frankel and Erna Bennett at the historic International Conference on Crop Plant Exploration and Conservation
lead description (concept-class)
Plant genetic resources are the genetic material of plants that hold actual or potential value for food and agriculture, spanning wild crop relatives, traditional landraces and modern breeding lines, treated collectively as a resource to be identified, conserved and made available for future crop breeding.
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