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Definition of Landraces
1. landrace [n] - See also: landrace
Lexicographical Neighbors of Landraces
Literary usage of Landraces
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Genes in the Field: On-Farm Conservation of Crop Diversity by Stephen B. Brush (2000)
"The exploitation of the variability available within landraces is a simple and
efficient way to improve the productivity of crops for which landraces are ..."
2. Handbook of Market Creation for Biodiversity: Issues in Implementation by OECD Staff (2004)
"A survey of plant breeding companies reported in Swanson (1997) revealed that
plant breed co-operations heavily rely on wild species and landraces as ..."
3. Scientists, Plants and Politics: A History of the Plant Genetic Resources by Robin Pistorius (1997)
"The cultivars were subdivided into advanced cultivars, landraces and cultivars with
... IBP had special interest in landraces because of their value as "a ..."
4. Biotechnology: Building on Farmers' Knowledge by Joske F. G. Bunders, Bertus Haverkort, Wim Hiemstra (1996)
"Diversity within crops: landraces Traditional farming systems often exhibit
considerable genetic diversity within crop species, especially the landraces ..."
5. Social and Gender Analysis in Natural Resource Management: Learning Studies by Ronnie Vernooy, International Development Research Centre (Canada), NetLibrary, Inc (2006)
"landraces have sociocultural value, are adaptable to niche environments and ...
Some landraces such as Sathi (Gamadi rice) are grown by all farmers—rich, ..."
6. Environmental Indicators for Agriculture by Organisation for Economic Co-operation, SourceOECD (Online service), Development. (2001)
"Traditionally farmers have relied on "landraces", that is, varieties of crops or
livestock breeds developed over many generations to raise yields. ..."
7. Lost Crops of Africa: Grains edited by F. R. Ruskin (1999)
"This may not be surprising considering that more than 90 percent is grown on
marginal land and the varieties are nondescript landraces (locally called ..."
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