The Crop Wild Relatives (CWR) Project generated enormous amounts of data about the wild relatives collected, conserved, evaluated and pre-bred. It developed a number of databases and information…
Why apple? The apple [Malus domestica (Suckow) Borkh.] has been part of the human diet for thousands of years. The hundreds of varieties known today result from a long and complicated history…
Why Bambara groundnut? Bambara groundnut [Vigna subterranea (L.) Verdc] is a grain legume grown mainly by subsistence farmers in semi-arid West Africa, where it is the third most important grain…
Why oat? Oats (Avena sativa L.) currently rank sixth in world production of cereals after maize, rice, wheat, barley and sorghum. They are grown in many parts of the world, mainly in…
Why rye? Rye (Secale cereale L.) is a grass grown extensively as a grain, a cover crop and a forage crop. It is a member of the wheat tribe (Triticeae) and is closely related to barley (Hordeum…
Why vetch? The common vetch (Vicia sativa L.) provides palatable forage (fresh, hay and silage) and grain to livestock. It is also widely used as a green manure. It is grown on more than half…
The project focused on the collecting and conservation of the wild relatives of 28 priority crops. Nineteen of these were also subject to pre-breeding activities.
