Blueprints for sustainable plant production through the utilization of crop wild relatives and their microbiomes

Muhammad Waqas, Susan R. McCouch, Davide Francioli (), Susannah G. Tringe, Daniele Manzella, Colin K. Khoury, Loren H. Rieseberg, Hannes Dempewolf, Peter Langridge and Christoph-Martin Geilfus ()
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Muhammad Waqas: Hochschule Geisenheim University
Susan R. McCouch: Cornell University
Davide Francioli: Hochschule Geisenheim University
Susannah G. Tringe: Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Daniele Manzella: Secretariat of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Colin K. Khoury: New York Botanical Garden
Loren H. Rieseberg: University of British Columbia
Hannes Dempewolf: Global Crop Diversity Trust
Peter Langridge: PMB1
Christoph-Martin Geilfus: Hochschule Geisenheim University

Nature Communications, 2025, vol. 16, issue 1, 1-6

Abstract: Abstract Conserving crop wild relatives (CWR) in their natural environments, together with the complex communities of microorganisms that live with them, could lay the foundation to unlock novel mechanisms for crop resilience and new strategies for achieving food security.

Date: 2025
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