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Adapting agriculture to climate change: A synopsis of coordinated national crop wild relative seed collecting programs across five continents
(MDPI, 2022-07-13) Eastwood, Ruth J.; Tambam, Beri B.; Aboagye, Lawrence M.; Akparov, Zeynal I.; Aladele, Sunday E.; Allen, Richard; Amri, Ahmed; Anglin, Noelle L.; Araya, Rodolfo; Arrieta-Espinoza, Griselda; Asgerov, Aydin; Awang, Khadijah; Awas, Tesfaye; Barata, Ana Maria; Kwasi Boateng, Samuel; Magos Brehm, Joana; Breidy, Joelle; Breman, Elinor; Brenes Angulo, Arturo; Burle, Marília L.; Castañeda-Álvarez, Nora P.; Casimiro, Pedro; Chaves, Néstor F.; Clemente, Adelaide S.; Cockel, Christopher P.; Davey, Alexandra; De la Rosa, Lucía; Debouck, Daniel G.; Dempewolf, Hannes; Dokmak, Hiba; Ellis, David; Faruk, Aisyah; Freitas, Cátia; Galstyan, Sona; García, Rosa M.; Ghimire, Krishna H.; Guarino, Luigi; Harker, Ruth; Hope, Roberta; Humphries, Alan W.; Jamora, Nelissa; Ahmad Jatoi, Shakeel; Khutsishvili, Manana; Kikodze, David; Kyratzis, Angelos C.; León-Lobos, Pedro; Liu, Udayangani; Mainali, Ram P.; Mammadov, Afig T.; Manrique-Carpintero, Norma C.; Manzella, Daniele; Mohd Shukri, Mat Ali; Medeiros, Marcelo B.; Mérida Guzmán, María A.; Mikatadze-Pantsulaia, Tsira; Ibrahim Mohamed, El Tahir; Monteros-Altamirano, Álvaro; Morales, Aura; Müller, Jonas V.; Mulumba, John W.; Nersesyan, Anush; Nóbrega, Humberto; Nyamongo, Desterio O.; Obreza, Matija; Okere, Anthony U.; Orsenigo, Simone; Ortega-Klose, Fernando; Papikyan, Astghik; Pearce, Timothy R.; Pinheiro de Carvalho, Miguel A. A.; Prohens, Jaime; Rossi, Graziano; Salas, Alberto; Singh Shrestha, Deepa; Uddin Siddiqui, Sadar; Smith, Paul P.; Sotomayor Melo, Diego Alejandro; Tacán, Marcelo; Tapia, César; Toledo, Álvaro; Toll, Jane; Vu, Dang Toan; Tuong, Dang Vu; Way, Michael J.; Yazbek, Mariana; Zorrilla Cisneros, Cinthya; Kilian, Benjamin
The Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change Project set out to improve the diversity, quantity, and accessibility of germplasm collections of crop wild relatives (CWR). Between 2013 and 2018, partners in 25 countries, heirs to the globetrotting legacy of Nikolai Vavilov, undertook seed collecting expeditions targeting CWR of 28 crops of global significance for agriculture. Here, we describe the implementation of the 25 national collecting programs and present the key results. A total of 4587 unique seed samples from at least 355 CWR taxa were collected, conserved ex situ, safety duplicated in national and international genebanks, and made available through the Multilateral System (MLS) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Plant Treaty). Collections of CWR were made for all 28 targeted crops. Potato and eggplant were the most collected genepools, although the greatest number of primary genepool collections were made for rice. Overall, alfalfa, Bambara groundnut, grass pea and wheat were the genepools for which targets were best achieved. Several of the newly collected samples have already been used in pre-breeding programs to adapt crops to future challenges.
Cavy production in South America: Current situation and future trends
(Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, 2017-08-10) Barrantes, Christian; Chauca Francia, Lilia Janine; Falconi, Patricia; Reyna, Angel
Cavy production in South America takes place mainly in the Andean regions of Peru, Ecuador, Bolivia and Colombia. Since its domestication (sometime between 3000 and 6000 years ago) the cavy has been used in these countries as a source of animal protein produced with simple handling systems and adapted to the different geographical and cultural contexts. The production of cavies in these countries has grown significantly in the last years due to the promotion of its culinary and nutritional qualities. Also migration of population from rural to urban areas has brought their customs and generated a process of transculturation into the cities, which has turned massive the consumption of cavy meat. The increase in consumption has been accompanied by a growth of supply that, with some differences between countries, has allowed the development of commercial production. This adds new challenges to the ones existing in family production, which is more closely related to food and nutrition security. As a cultural food, cavies are also exported in small quantities from Peru and Ecuador (about 23.5 tons per year from both) to the USA and some European countries to cater for the demand of the Andean diaspora. The prospects of this productive activity are very good, expecting greater demand for the product in the future. However, there is need to work in promoting the association of small farmers, the creation and/or strengthening of support services to this activity (e.g. credit, technical assistance and others) and the development of technologies for both small- and largescale producers.
Incomplete infection of secondarily infected potato plants – an environment dependent underestimated mechanism in plant virology
(Frontiers Media S.A., 2017-02-03) Bertschinger, Lukas; Bühler, Lukas; Dupuis, Brice; Duffy, Brion; Gessier, Cesare; Forbes, Gregory A.; Keller, Ernst R.; Scheldegger, Urs C.; Struik, Paul C.
The common assumption in potato virus epidemiology is that all daughter tubers produced by plants coming from infected mother tubers (secondary infection) will become infected via systemic translocation of the virus during growth. We hypothesize that depending on the prevalent environmental conditions, only a portion of the daughter tubers of a plant that is secondarily infected by viruses may become infected. To test this hypothesis experimental data from standardized field experiments were produced in three contrasting environments at 112, 3280, and 4000 m a.s.l. in Peru during two growing seasons. In these experiments, the percentage of infected daughter tubers produced by seed tubers that were infected with either potato potexvirus X (PVX), potato Andean mottle comovirus (APMoV), potato potyvirus Y (PVY) (jointly infected with PVX) or potato leafroll luteovirus (PLRV) was determined. Incomplete autoinfection was found in all cases, as the percentage of virus infected daughter tubers harvested from secondarily infected plants was invariably less than 100%, with the lowest percentage of infection being 30%. Changing the growing site to higher altitudes decreased autoinfection for all viruses. Therefore, the assumption of complete autoinfection of secondarily infected plants were rejected, while the hypothesis of environmentally dependent incomplete autoinfection was accepted. The findings help explain the occurrence of traditional seed management practices in the Andes and may help to develop locally adapted seed systems in environments of the world that have no steady access to healthy seed tubers coming from a formally certified seed system. The results obtained almost three decades ago are discussed in light of most recent knowledge on epigenetic regulation of host plant – virus interactions which allow for speculating about the underlying biological principles of the incomplete autoinfection. A research roadmap is proposed for achieving explicit experimental proof for the epigenetic regulation of incomplete autoinfection in the pathosystem under study.
Participatory breeding in the Peruvian highlands: Opportunities and challenges for promoting conservation and sustainable use of underutilized crops
(Cambrigde University, 2014-05-13) Galluzi, Gea; Estrada Zúniga, Rigoberto; Apaza Mamani, Vidal; Gamarra, Mirihan; Altamirano Pérez, Ana María; Cáceres Sanizo, Gladys; Gonza Cusipuma, Víctor Antonio; Sevilla Panizo, Ricardo; López Noriega, Isabel; Jäger, Matthias
Underutilized crops tend to harbor high levels of genetic diversity, be maintained on-farm in small-scale farming systems and be relatively neglected by formal research and development strategies, including breeding programs. While high genetic variability allows these crops to adapt to marginal environments, inappropriate management practices and reductions in population sizes in individual farmers’ plots may lead to productivity loss and poor harvests. This situation further limits their cultivation and use, notwithstanding the potential these crops may hold for diversification of agricultural systems, food security and market development. Peru hosts a wealth of native agrobiodiversity, which includes many underutilized crops. To improve their performance and promote their continued conservation and use, a participatory breeding program was developed on five underutilized crops of the Peruvian highlands; the breeding approach, based on a combination of evolutionary and participatory methods, is designed to achieve a balance between yield improvement and maintenance of genetic diversity. Preliminary results in quinoa and amaranth are encouraging, fostering further engagement of farmers by increasing availability of quality seed for downstream uses. However, methodological, financial and institutional issues need to be addressed for the effort to be expanded and upscaled. This paper provides an overall description of the initiative as well as a discussion on early results obtained in quinoa and amaranth, highlighting those aspects that make this approach particularly relevant for minor crops and identifying the opportunities and challenges for the initiative to move forward.