Documenting the world's crop diversity and making it available

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Oct 5, 2022, 4:32 pm523 ptsHot
Genebanks play an important role in the long-term conservation of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. Out of 1,800 genebank collections worldwide, more than 600 are in Europe. This vast array of crop diversity can be exploited to make our crops more nutritious, productive and resilient to pests,…

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