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Multi-trait evolution of farmer varieties of bread wheat after cultivation in contrasting organic farming systems in Europe.
Genetica - 1 Mar 2012
Dawson J C, Serpolay E, Giuliano S, Schermann N, Galic N, Chable V, Goldringer I
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Because of the lack of varieties for organic agriculture, associations of organic farmers in several European countries have begun cultivating landraces and historic varieties, effectively practicing in situ conservation of agricultural biodiversity. To promote agrobiodiversity conservation, a special list for "conservation varieties" was implemented in 2008 by the EU because for any exchange and marketing of...
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