Conservation status and sustainable local use of crop and crop wild relative species in the Bistoon protected area / West of Iran
2012
Rostami, R., Behesti University, Tehran (Iran). Dept. of Agroecology | Khoshbakht, K., Behesti University, Tehran (Iran). Dept. of Agroecology
Collecting information about crop wild relatives (CWRs) as vital genetic resources for food security is the first stage of monitoring them. In this study, which was conducted in a protected area, we surveyed the conservation status of CWR sand, and the interaction between the condition of these plants and their local use. From 338 plant species in the area, 179 crop wild relatives in 38 families were identified. None of them is threatened, but some endemic rare or vulnerable plants such as Alkanna frigida Boiss. could cause some anxiety. Among these species 19 species of CWRs have edible usage in this area. Harvesting the crop wild relatives from nature by the local people is seen as a conservative factor although this is not usually true of other species.
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