The Impact of Vavilov's Concept of the Centres of Crop Origin and Diversity on Research, Conservation, and Utilisation of Plant Genetic Resources Today: A Review on the Occasion of Vavilov's 135th Anniversary

Igor G Loskutov; Andreas W Ebert; Axel Diederichsen

doi:10.3390/plants12142685

The Impact of Vavilov's Concept of the Centres of Crop Origin and Diversity on Research, Conservation, and Utilisation of Plant Genetic Resources Today: A Review on the Occasion of Vavilov's 135th Anniversary

Plants (Basel). 2023 Jul 19;12(14):2685. doi: 10.3390/plants12142685.

Authors

Igor G Loskutov¹, Andreas W Ebert², Axel Diederichsen³

Affiliations

¹ N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR), 42-44 Bolshaya Morskaya Street, 190000 St. Petersburg, Russia.
² World Vegetable Center, D-73529 Schwaebisch Gmuend, Germany.
³ Plant Gene Resources of Canada, Saskatoon Research and Development Centre, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada, Saskatoon, SK S7N 0X2, Canada.

Abstract

This Special Issue of Plants is dedicated to the eminent scientist Nikolai Ivanovich Vavilov (1887-1943) in remembrance of his 135th birthday on 25 November 1887 [...].

Publication types

Editorial