From seed to seed: How to collect and multiply wild Brassica species? This Practice Abstract, developed within the PRO-WILD project, provides a protocol for the collection and multiplication of wild Brassica species.

🌱 New PRO-WILD Practice Abstract

From seed to seed: How to collect and multiply wild Brassica species

A practical protocol for collecting and multiplying wild Brassica species—supporting the conservation and use of crop wild relatives.

🔗 zenodo.org/records/1796...

#PROWILD #CropWildRelatives

📚𝐀𝐩𝐫𝐢𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐝 𝐚𝐧 𝐞𝐝𝐮𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐠𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐞𝐧 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐧 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢́𝐧 𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐨𝐥 (𝐆𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐚 𝐥𝐚 𝐎𝐥𝐥𝐚)!
🌱 This year, #cropwildrelatives were introduced!
Many of them come from the #Aprisco gene bank, while others come from more distant areas.
Read the full article! cousinproject.eu/news/cultiva...
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🌱 𝐂𝐎𝐔𝐒𝐈𝐍 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐣𝐞𝐜𝐭 𝐟𝐞𝐚𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐨𝐧 𝐢𝐧𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐞! 🌱

The Italian partner Rete Semi Rurali ETS presented the #COUSINproject during 𝐢𝐧𝐑𝐞𝐭𝐞!

🎥 The episode is now available with 𝐄𝐧𝐠𝐥𝐢𝐬𝐡 𝐬𝐮𝐛𝐭𝐢𝐭𝐥𝐞𝐬.

👉 www.youtube.com/watch?v=uJE0...
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#CropWildRelatives #agrobiodiversity #sustainableagriculture #horizoneurope

3/9 One key milestone: we have developed a tetraploid population carrying introgressions from Crop Wild Relatives (CWRs), expanding the genetic diversity available for asparagus breeding.
#CropWildRelatives #PreBreeding #GeneticDiversity

🌱 A PRO-WILD field trial is underway in Clermont-Ferrand!
In November, around 300 wheat introgression lines from crop wild relatives were sown at INRAE to study grain quality and nutritional traits. Uniform emergence so far — a promising start! 🌾
#PROWILD #CropWildRelatives #Wheat #Prebreeding

🥦 💡 During the Open Day organised by SMARTIES.BIO, it was possible to observe the #brassica populations of the #COUSINproject alongside Prof. Ferdinando Branca of the University of Catania.

👉 cousinproject.eu/training-act...
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#cropwildrelatives #brassica #plantbreeding #horizoneurope

The 1st annual meeting of Pro-Wild @projectpro-wild.bsky.social took place at @bokuvienna.bsky.social. Great opening address by @dmattanovich.bsky.social, welcome music by @bokustrings.bsky.social, excellent talks and discussions by all participants!

#PlantResearch #HorizonEU #CropWildRelatives

The PanOat pangenome project was a major international effort! Researchers at Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada were a big part of that, as well as the companion study: agriculture.canada.ca/en/science/s... Congratulations to all! #oats #genomics #plantbreeding #cropwildrelatives

🌾 One year of PRO-WILD!

Last week, the consortium met in Vienna to share results, plan ahead, and strengthen collaboration to protect and promote crop wild relatives — the foundation of future agriculture.

🔗 Full story: www.pro-wild.eu/news/the-fir...

#CropWildRelatives #EUResearch #PRO-WILD

Genome wide association study unveils the genetic basis of Orobanche crenata resistance in pea - Theoretical and Applied Genetics Key message GWAS using DArTseq markers identified novel resistance sources against parasitic broomrape in pea, elucidating candidate genes for marker-selected breeding as leverage for cultivar develop...

🫛 ✨ 𝗔𝗻 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗱𝘆 𝗼𝗻 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗢𝗿𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗿𝗲𝗻𝗮𝘁𝗮 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗮𝘀 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗹𝘆 𝗯𝗲𝗲𝗻 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗱!
📚 It can be read here 👇 link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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@csic.es @diegorubiales.bsky.social
#CropWildRelatives #CWRs #foodsecurity #plantbreeding #horizoneurope

ProWild Research Agenda

🌱 Plant breeders & researchers: Do you use crop wild relatives (CWR)? Have CWR research needs?

Please go ahead and follow this link, and your voice will be heard. 👉 survey.fibl.org/index.php/54...

(survey led by Robert Home from FiBL)

#CropWildRelatives #CWR #PlantBreeding #AgriculturalResearch

Enjoy & feel free to share! Diversity in size, color & shape of domesticated #Apples & their wild relatives! Photo credits, Awais Khan Cornell University.

#GeneticDiversity #CropWildRelatives

Even basic seed germination can stand in the way of using crop wild relatives in breeding and agriculture.

A new Practice Abstract from Einav Mayzlish-Gati and her team at Volcani Institute shares protocols to overcome these hurdles.

📖 Read: doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

#CropWildRelatives #PROWILD

Beatuiful landscape in Corsica with hills and a lot of bushy plants.

A wild relative of oilseed rape growing between rocks.

Researcher on a rock, assessing a plant.

This summer, a team from @inrae-france.bsky.social and the Conservatoire Botanique National de Corse explored Corsica to find wild Brassica relatives.

Such missions reveal how plants adapt to local climates and point to regions crucial for conserving genetic diversity.

#CropWildRelatives #PROWILD

#PlantResearch #HorizonEU #CropWildRelatives

flowering wild sea beets (Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima)

Swiss chard variety "Verte à carde blanche d'Ampuis" from France

Fodder beet variety originating from Campania, Italy

Close-up view of an inflorescence of a wild beet. Several flowers get fused together forming "multigerm" fruits.

Wild and cultivated beets at @bokuvienna.bsky.social Botanical Garden as of July 4th grown for @projectpro-wild.bsky.social

#WildBeets #PlantResearch #HorizonEU #CropWildRelatives

A national crop wild relative checklist for Zimbabwe reveals edible crop wild relative diversity of regional and global importance
Chapano, C., Chatukuta, P. et al.
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#ZimbabweCropDiversity #CropWildRelatives #FoodSecurityZimbabwe

cultivated beets

wild beets Beta vulgaris ssp. adanensis and B. patula

wild sea beets (Beta vulgaris ssp. maritima)

close-up view of red beets

Wild and cultivated beets on display at Botanical Garden of @bokuvienna.bsky.social for @projectpro-wild.bsky.social.
#WildBeets #PlantResearch #HorizonEU #CropWildRelatives

Strategies to act and deliver #salinity-smart crop #plants.

onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

#genomics #cropwildrelatives #CRISPR @genesdev.bsky.social @natplants.nature.com @plantaeofficial.bsky.social #domestication #abioticstress @rgrcopeland.bsky.social @kuleuvenplantinst.bsky.social

Last week we were in #SierraAitana in Alicante, visiting some #Microrreserves of flora, exploring their potential for the establishment of #GeneticReserves of #CropWildRelatives.
These last few days, we've been taking care of the #herbaria specimens collected. Spectacular place and awsome welcome

Great fieldwork last week in #Collserola Natural Park, in Barcelona. Checking the presence of natural populations of #CropWildRelatives and #WildHarvestedPlants for their possible conservation in #GeneticReserves. #FoodSecurity #InSituConservation #PlantGeneticResources
@iicg-urjc.bsky.social

Beautiful display of fruit & autumn leaf color, size, & shape diversity of domesticated apples & their wild relatives!

#GeneticDiversity #CropWildRelatives #Apples

You can see a wild beet seed, which is about to be planted in soil.

Two scientists prepare wild beet seeds for planting in soil.

Planting wild beets at @bokuvienna.bsky.social Tulln for @projectpro-wild.bsky.social! Stay tuned for updates on their growth journey!

#WildBeets #PlantResearch #HorizonEU #CropWildRelatives

PRO-WILD - PRO-WILD - Protect and promote Crop Wild Relatives  Protect and promote Crop Wild Relatives

🌾 Introducing PRO-WILD! 🌿 A Horizon Europe project protecting and promoting Crop Wild Relatives of wheat, sugar beet & oilseed rape to boost climate resilience & food security. 🌍💡

🔗 www.pro-wild.eu

#Biodiversity #CropWildRelatives #Agrobiodiversity #HorizonEU

CSIRO PUBLISHING | Australian Journal of Botany BT Home

Some really excellent papers in the latest issue of the Australian Journal of Botany including: seeds banks for preserving #CropWildRelatives , #GiantEucalypts (by Mitford, a @eucalyptaus.bsky.social Dahl fellow, and floristic changes in Urban reserves over 50 years www.publish.csiro.au/bt 🪴🌾

Redirecting

New paper in Journal for Nature Conservation using @gbif.org mediated data:

Top priority #CropWildRelatives exhibit different resilience responses to #ClimateChange in #Benin (West #Africa) 🇧🇯

#CiteTheDOI: ❌

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2024.126769

Diversity in 🍎 fruit sizes: Modern #Apples compared to 5 wild Malus species from 3 continents (Asia, Europe & North America)!

Modified from our chapter “Origin of the Domesticated Apples” in ‘the Apple Genome’ book. #GeneticDiversity #CropWildRelatives

link.springer.com/chapter/10.1...

Malus coronaria (Sweet Crabapple)

Malus coronaria (Sweet Crabapple), one of the four Malus species growing in North America (mainly in the Great Lakes region and Ohio) before domesticated #Apples were brought from Europe approximately 400 years ago.

#GeneticDiversity #CropWildRelatives

Yellow Autumn Crab (Malus sublobata)

Star-shaped fruit of Yellow Autumn Crab (Malus sublobata), a Japanese crabapple #GeneticDiversity #CropWildRelatives of #Apples (Malus species)! Pic Credit: Awais Khan, Cornell University

A month after planting, the plants are still growing. In the meantime, we are adjusting the irrigation for the drought-controlled experiment. #DACWIRE #cropwildrelatives #climateadaptation