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

• Other Authors: Abhilash, Purushothaman (Editor), Singh, Ajeet (Editor), Dubey, Rama Kant (Editor), Zhang, Hailin (Editor), Merah, Othmane (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2020
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; Technology, engineering, agriculture; non-domesticated legumes; Vigna racemosa; Vigna ambacensis; Vigna reticulata; Vigna vexillata; Tanzania; wild food legumes; seed priming; seaweed extract; biostimulant; germination energy; seedling vigour; consumer-oriented breeding; consumer-oriented germplasm conservation; culinary; farmer-breeder-chef-consumer nexus; genetic diversity; heritage seedbank; local food systems; seed-savers; stress tolerance; anthropocene; climate resilient; food and nutritional security; resource conservation; underutilized crops; Sustainable Development Goals; biomass; biochar; soil; BPLFA; FPLFA; DHA; ammonia-oxidizing bacteria; electrophoresis; genetic resources; neglected hexaploid wheat; seed-storage proteins; Crassocephalum crepidioides; ethnobotany; generations; knowledge dynamics; Launaea taraxacifolia; use value; Vernonia amygdalina; ascorbic acid; Diplotaxis erucoides; field; greenhouse; new crops; nitrates; sinigrin; traditional crop varieties; Jerusalem artichoke; inulin; fertilization; polyphenols; antioxidant capacity; climate change scenarios; climate suitability; fruit selection index; Maxent; species distribution modeling; pre-breeding; morphotypes; domestication index; indigenous knowledge; sociolinguistic groups; client-preferred traits; seed dormancy; seed germination; molecular biology; genetics; traditional leafy vegetables; Gynandropsis gynandra; undomesticated legumes; legumes; Vigna species; domestication; unexplored legumes; induced mutation; lodging resistance; photosynthetic efficiency; transcriptomics; orphan crops; neglected and underutilized species; wild edibles; biodiversity; food composition; nutrition; policy; breeding; Macrotyloma geocarpum; farmers' preferences; cropping systems; constraints; cultivar development; landraces; conservation; agrobiodiversity; biocultural knowledge; crop improvement; dietary diversification; field gene banks; planetary healthy diet; traditional agronomic practices
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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 nutriti...