The utility of crop genetic diversity in maintaining ecosystem services

By R. Hajjar, D. Jarvis, B. Gemmill-Herren. 2008

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Subfields: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics, Nature and Landscape Conservation, Plant Science

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Managing genetic variation in tropical trees: linking knowledge with action in agroforestry ecosystems for improved conservation and enhanced livelihoods (2009, methodology): “…approach that is required in such research, as evidenced by recent studies that demonstrate the role of genetic variation in determining not only the performance of particular species but of entire ecosystems (Reusch et al. 2005; Crutsinger et al. 2006; Whitham et al. 2006; Hajjar et al. 2008).”
Pollination services in the UK: how important are honeybees? (2011, background): “The nature and extent of these benefits can vary between crops, ranging from increasing the quantity and quality of fruit or seed produced to hastening crop development and increasing genetic diversity within crop species (Free, 1993; Shipp et al , 1994; Hajjar et al, 2008).”
Synthesis, part of a Special Feature on A Social-Ecological Analysis of Diversified Farming Systems: Benefits, Costs, Obstacles, and Enabling Policy Frameworks Ecosystem Services in Biologically Diversified versus Conventional Farming Systems: Benefits, Externalities, and Trade-Offs (2012, background): “…fertility, pest control, pollination) is critically dependent on the maintenance of the underlying biodiversity—from soil microbes to flora and fauna—and on their interactions (Altieri and Nicolls 2004, Hooper et al. 2005, Zhang et al. 2007, Hajjar et al. 2008, Shennan 2008, Jackson et al. 2009).”
Payments for agrobiodiversity conservation services for sustained on-farm utilization of plant and animal genetic resources (2011, background): “…plant and animal genetic resources (PAGR) are increasingly being lost from agricultural landscapes worldwide (Perrings et al., 2006; FAO, 2007a, 2009; Hajjar et al., 2008).1 Such loss is of global concern despite the existence of ex-situ gene banks with growing collections of germplasm (FAO, 2009).”