State of ex situ conservation of landrace groups of 25 major crops (Nature Plants)
Plant Science Research WeeklyLandraces are local cultivars developed by traditional agricultural methods. Landraces not only represent an essential genetic resource for modern crop breeding but are also key to understand crops’ domestication processes. Thus, it is crucial to collect landraces for genebank conservation since demographic…
Machine learning algorithms predict soil seed bank persistence from easily available traits (Appl. Veg. Sci.)
Plant Science Research WeeklyKnowing whether a given plant species forms a persistent soil seed bank is essential to understanding its ecological dynamics, yet soil seed bank studies are both labor-intensive and time-consuming. One could argue that models should help predict this. Still, seed persistence in the soil is shaped by…