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

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  • Muhammad Waqas

    (Hochschule Geisenheim University
    Chinese Academy of Sciences)

  • 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
    Gothenburg Botanical Garden)

  • Peter Langridge

    (PMB1
    Julius Kuehn Institute)

  • Christoph-Martin Geilfus

    (Hochschule Geisenheim University)

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.

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  • Muhammad Waqas & Susan R. McCouch & Davide Francioli & Susannah G. Tringe & Daniele Manzella & Colin K. Khoury & Loren H. Rieseberg & Hannes Dempewolf & Peter Langridge & Christoph-Martin Geilfus, 2025. "Blueprints for sustainable plant production through the utilization of crop wild relatives and their microbiomes," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 16(1), pages 1-6, December.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:16:y:2025:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-025-61779-x
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-025-61779-x
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    1. Tomislav Cernava, 2024. "Coming of age for Microbiome gene breeding in plants," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-3, December.
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