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Influence of ethnic traditional cultures on genetic diversity of rice landraces under on-farm conservation in southwest China.
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine - 27 Oct 2016
Wang Yanjie, Wang Yanli, Sun Xiaodong, Caiji Zhuoma, Yang Jingbiao, Cui Di, Cao Guilan, Ma Xiaoding, Han Bing, Xue Dayuan, Han Longzhi
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BACKGROUND: Crop genetic resources are important components of biodiversity. However, with the large-scale promotion of mono-cropping, genetic diversity has largely been lost. Ex-situ conservation approaches were widely used to protect traditional crop varieties worldwide. However, this method fails to maintain the dynamic evolutionary processes of crop genetic resources in their original habitats, leading to...
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