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Selecting for useful properties of plants and fungi – Novel approaches, opportunities, and challenges
Societal Impact Statement For millennia, humans have used plants and fungi, as foods, fuels, fibers, and medicines; and have developed techniques for improving their usefulness to our species, mostly through selection of desirable traits. With human populations forecast to rise, the availability of arable land likely to fall amid climate... -
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Unlocking the properties of plants and fungi for sustainable development
Humans have been using biodiversity for hundreds of thousands of years, but at no time in our history has it been more crucial to accelerate our exploration of the useful properties of the species that inhabit the world around us.Antonelli, Alexandre ; Smith, Rhian J. ; Simmonds, Monique S. J.
fungi, properties, sustainable development, biodiversity, SDGs, and plants