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Genetic diversity
Characterization and cross inoculation studies of rhizobia isolated from crop wild relatives of Vigna (3.6 MB) by P.Saravana Kumar, Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, University of Pradeniya, Sri Lanka- Morphological characterization of wild rice accessions collected from Sri Lanka (1.3 MB) by P.V.Hemachandra, Research Officer, Rice Research and Development Institute in Batalagoda, Ibbagamuwa
Conservation
- European CWR threat assessment: knowledge gained and lessons learnt (1.2 MB) by Shelagh Kell and Nigel Maxted, School of Biosciences, University of Birmingham, United Kingdom.
- Gap Analysis (5.0 MB) by Andy Jarvis, Julián Ramírez, Nora Castañeda, Robert Hijmans and Jacob Van Etten
- Institutional and policy options for conservation of CWR: Application of analytic hierarchy process to evaluate WRR conservation options (892 KB) by Prasanthi Gunawardena, U. K. Jayasinghe-Mudalige, D. K. L. K. Senadheera, J. M. M. Udugama, Gamini Gamage, R. P. L. C. Randeni and R. S. S. Rathnayake
- Establishment of Environmental Protection Area for Wild Rice Relatives (867 KB) by Saman Senanayake, Director, Provincial Environmental Authority, NWP
- Species Management Plan for Cinnamomum capparu-coronde Blume (6.1 MB) by Anura Sathurusinghe
- Eco-geographic survey of crop wild relatives (1.7 MB) by A.S.U. Liyanage, Plant Genetic Resources Centre, Peradeniya, Sri Lanka
- Central Province Case Study - Sri Lanka (1.9 MB)
- Extinction risk assessments at the species level: Red list status of endemic wild cinnamon species in Sri Lanka (10.5 MB) by S.G.J.N. Senanayake, G.A.W. Wijesekara and D.M.H.C. Kumarathilake
- Plant Conservation for the Next Decade (3.3 MB) - delivered by Dr. Nigel Maxted at the Conference held for the 250th Anniversary of the Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew (12-16 October 2009)
- In situ conservation of Danish plant genetic resources of crop wild relatives (3.0 MB) by Kell Kristiansen & Gitte Kjeldsen Bjørn, Department of Horticulture, Faculty of Agricultural Sciences, Aarhus University
- Ethnobotanical, biological and ecogeographic studies of wild yams in Ankafarantsika National Park in view of their conservation (2.4 MB) by Herivololona Mbola Rakotondratsimba (In French)
- An Integrated European In Situ Management Workplan Implementing Genetic Reserve and On-Farm Concepts (2.9 MB) by the Institute for Breeding Research on Agricultural Crops, the Julius Kühn Institute (JKI)
Information sharing
- Meeting the information challenge for crop wild relatives (CWR) in situ conservation: A global portal hosting national and international data on CWR (2.0 MB) by Imke Thormann at the 13th World Congress of the International Associationof Agricultural Information Specialists (IAALD), Montpellier, France (26 –29 April 2010)
Breeding
- Evolution of crops (297 KB) by D. Tay (2003)
- Wide hybridization studies between O. sativa (cultivated Asian rice) and O. nivara (wild rice) (6.4 MB) by P.V.Hemachandra, Rice Research and Development Institute, Batalagoda, Ibbagamuwa
Climate change
- Effect of Climate Change on Crop Wild Relatives in Sri Lanka (492 KB) by B.V.R. Punyawardena, Natural Resources Management Center, Department of Agriculture, Peradeniya
- In situ (309 KB) conservation of Crop Wild Relatives (309 KB) (poster) by A. Danielyan, S. Djataev, A. Lane, J. Ramelison, A. Wijesekara, and B. Zapata Ferrufino
Public awareness of CWR
- Crop Wild Relatives - Public Awareness Program (10.9 MB)
- Effectiveness of Public Awareness of CWR (322 KB)
Economic value of CWR
- Identification of the economic usage of selected tree plants - Study in Ratnapura district (946 KB) by Prof Mahinda Wijeratne, Prof Rohana P Mahaliyanaarachchi and Dr L H P Gunratne
- Socio-economic Values of Crop Wild Relatives (2.2 MB) by Mahinda Wijeratne (University of Ruhuna), Rohana Mahaliyanaarchchi (University of Sabaragamuwa), and L.H.P. Gunaratne (University of Peradeniya)
- Policy research study on economic valuation of genetic resources of wild rice relatives in Sri Lanka (7.0 MB)
