The circulation of seed among farmers is central to agrobiodiversity conservation and dynamics.
Agrobiodiversity, the diversity of agricultural systems from genes to varieties and crop …

The study of natural ecosystems and experiments using mixtures of plant species
demonstrates that both species and genetic diversity generally promote ecosystem functioning. …

In agricultural systems, biodiversity includes diversity within species and among species and
provides many benefits for production, resilience and conservation. This article addresses …

The need for increased sustainability of performance in cereal varieties, particularly in organic
agriculture (OA), is limited by the lack of varieties adapted to organic conditions. Here, the …

A radical shift in our approach to crop production is needed to ensure food security and to
address the problems of soil degradation, loss of biodiversity, polluted and restricted water …

Increasing the biodiversity of cropped plants is a key leverage for agroecology, aiming to
replace chemical inputs by ecological processes and regulations. Cultivar mixtures are a …

Sustainable management of genetic resources is a crucial issue in the global context of food
security. On-farm conservation is now widely acknowledged as a relevant strategy to reach …

The transition from vegetative to floral meristems in higher plants is determined by the
coincidence of internal and environmental signals. Contrary to the photoperiod pathway, …

Since the domestication of crop species, humans have derived specific varieties for particular
uses and shaped the genetic diversity of these varieties. Here, using an interdisciplinary …

Osteoarthritis (OA) is the most common form of arthritis and a major cause of pain and disability
in older adults (1). Often OA is referred to as degenerative joint disease “(DJD)”. This is a …