Research on Moringa (Moringa oleifera Lam.) in Africa DOI Creative Commons
Hamid El Bilali,

Iro Dan Guimbo,

Romaric Kiswendsida Nanéma

et al.

Plants, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 13(12), P. 1613 - 1613

Published: June 11, 2024

While Moringa oleifera Lam. is gaining importance in Africa, especially sub-Saharan it unclear whether research following the quick pace of its development on continent. Therefore, this article analyzes landscape dealing with moringa Africa. This systematic review draws upon 299 eligible articles identified through a search carried out Web Science April 2023. Research M. rather recent Africa but interest increasing among scholars. field multidisciplinary and cross-sectoral, literature seems to focus biological environmental sciences. Moreover, performed mainly South Nigeria, Egypt, Ghana. The analysis suggests significant potential contribution food security nutrition, climate change mitigation/adaptation, farming systems resilience, livelihoods. Its versatility diverse applications uses make particularly interesting for developing countries, such as African ones. However, also underscores some factors hindering development. there need strengthen unlock Investments research, innovation, can help address many challenges that faces contribute transition towards sustainable resilient systems.

Language: Английский

Engineering Host Microbiome for Crop Improvement and Sustainable Agriculture DOI Creative Commons
Sanjana Kaul, Malvi Choudhary, Suruchi Gupta

et al.

Frontiers in Microbiology, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 12

Published: May 28, 2021

Dynamic consortium of microbial communities (bacteria, fungi, protists, viruses, and nematodes) colonizing multiple tissue types coevolving conclusively with the host plant is designated as a microbiome. The interplay between its mutualists supports several agronomic functions, establishing crucial role in beneficial activities. Deeper functional mechanistic understanding plant-microbial ecosystems will render many “ecosystem services” by emulating symbiotic interactions plants, soil, microbes for enhanced productivity sustainability. Therefore, microbiome engineering represents an emerging biotechnological tool to directly add, remove, or modify properties higher specificity efficacy. main goal enhancement functions such biotic/abiotic stresses, fitness productivities, etc. Various ecological-, biochemical-, molecular-based approaches have come up new paradigm disentangling microbiome-based agromanagement hurdles. Furthermore, multidisciplinary provide predictive framework achieving reliable sustainably engineered plant-microbiome stress physiology, nutrient recycling, high-yielding disease-resistant genotypes.

Language: Английский

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Maximum levels of global phylogenetic diversity efficiently capture plant services for humankind DOI
Rafael Molina‐Venegas, Miguel Á. Rodrı́guez, Manuel Pardo‐de‐Santayana

et al.

Nature Ecology & Evolution, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 5(5), P. 583 - 588

Published: March 29, 2021

Language: Английский

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Plant Diversity Conservation Challenges and Prospects—The Perspective of Botanic Gardens and the Millennium Seed Bank DOI Creative Commons
Elinor Breman, Daniel Ballesteros, Elena Castillo-Lorenzo

et al.

Plants, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 10(11), P. 2371 - 2371

Published: Nov. 3, 2021

There is a pressing need to conserve plant diversity prevent extinctions and enable sustainable use of material by current future generations. Here, we review the contribution that living collections seed banks based in botanic gardens around world make wild conservation tackling global challenges. We focus particular on work Botanic Gardens Conservation International Millennium Seed Bank Royal Gardens, Kew, with its associated Partnership. The advantages limitations as both are reviewed, for additional research measures, such cryopreservation, long-term 'exceptional species' discussed. highlight importance networks sharing access data material. skill sets found within complement each other development integrated (linking situ ex efforts). Using number case studies demonstrate how support agriculture food security, restoration reforestation, well supporting local livelihoods.

Language: Английский

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The rise and fall of Neotropical biodiversity DOI Creative Commons
Alexandre Antonelli

Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, Journal Year: 2021, Volume and Issue: 199(1), P. 8 - 24

Published: Sept. 15, 2021

Abstract The exceptional levels of biodiversity found today in the American tropics are outcome tens millions years evolution, shaped by tumultuous geological history region, its heterogeneous habitats, climate change, ecological interactions and, recent millennia, human influence. Although our understanding diversity patterns and their underlying processes grows steadily breadth depth, Neotropical is rapidly breaking down. Here, I contrast long-term evolution with rapid deterioration due to anthropogenic factors. consider impacts early arrival humans region modern intensification land-use change (primarily driven agriculture) other drivers loss, such as direct exploitation, invasive species change. Together, these threats have led 33% all for which sufficient data available being currently threatened extinction. outline emerging opportunities conservation restoration under post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework call urgent action from community, benefit people nature.

Language: Английский

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Global plant diversity as a reservoir of micronutrients for humanity DOI
Aoife Cantwell‐Jones,

Jenny Ball,

David C. Collar

et al.

Nature Plants, Journal Year: 2022, Volume and Issue: 8(3), P. 225 - 232

Published: Feb. 24, 2022

Language: Английский

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Naturally Occurring Plant Food Toxicants and the Role of Food Processing Methods in Their Detoxification DOI Creative Commons
Markos Makiso Urugo,

Tadele Tuba Tringo

International Journal of Food Science, Journal Year: 2023, Volume and Issue: 2023, P. 1 - 16

Published: April 27, 2023

Some plant foods evolve defense mechanisms to protect themselves from predators by producing inherent chemicals as secondary metabolites such cyanogenic glycosides, glycoalkaloids, glucosinolates, pyrrolizidine alkaloids, and lectins. These are beneficial for the itself but toxic other organisms, including human beings. of these believed have therapeutic benefits therefore used against chronic health complications cancer. Inversely, short- long-term exposure significant amounts phytotoxins may end up with irreversible negative problems in important organ systems, severe cases, they can be carcinogenic fatal. A systematic literature search relevant published articles indexed Google Scholar®, PubMed®, Scopus®, Springer Link®, Web Science®, MDPI®, ScienceDirect databases was obtain necessary information. Various traditional emerging food-processing techniques been found considerably reduce most toxicants food their safest level. Despite ability preserve nutritional value processed foods, processing methods limited application accessibility middle- low-income countries. As a consequence, much more work is recommended on implementation technologies, additional scientific that effective naturally occurring toxicants, particularly alkaloids.

Language: Английский

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Orphan crops of archaeology‐based crop history research DOI Creative Commons
Daniel Fuks, Frijda Schmidt, Maite Iris García Collado

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Plants People Planet, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: Jan. 13, 2024

Societal Impact Statement Agrobiodiversity is central to sustainable farming worldwide. Cultivation, conservation and reintroduction of diverse plant species, including ‘forgotten’ ‘underutilized’ crops, contribute global agrobiodiversity, living ecosystems food production. Such efforts benefit from traditional historical knowledge crop plants' evolutionary cultural trajectories. This review a first attempt at systematically gauging species representativeness in studies archaeological remains. Results indicate that, addition discipline‐specific methodological sources bias, modern agricultural biases may replicate themselves history research influence understandings ‘forgotten crops’. Recognizing these an initial stride towards rectifying them promoting agrobiodiversity both practical applications. Summary So‐called or ‘orphan’ crops are important component strategies aimed preserving biodiversity. Knowledge cultivation, usage, geographic trajectories plants, that is, research, for the long‐term success such efforts. However, chosen study present hurdles. attempts identify patterns within archaeology‐based research. A meta‐analysis synthesis archaeobotanical evidence (and lack thereof) presented 268 known have been cultivated prior 1492 CE Mediterranean region South Asia. We identified 39 genera with plants this geographical context currently absent its record, constituting archaeobotany. In addition, worldwide studied using geometric morphometric, archaeogenetic stable isotope analyses remains presented, represented disciplines discussed. Both disciplinary economic agenda‐based affecting apparent. also highlights limited diffusion most potential deeper perspectives on how become marginalized ‘forgotten’.

Language: Английский

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Where the wild things are: How urban foraging and food forests can contribute to sustainable cities in the Global North DOI Creative Commons
Filippo Oncini, Steffen Hirth,

Josephine Mylan

et al.

Urban forestry & urban greening, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: 93, P. 128216 - 128216

Published: Jan. 21, 2024

Humanity is faced with interacting socio-environmental challenges such as securing food while the climate changes and biodiversity declines. These global crises are partly caused by major land-use change arising from deforestation agriculture, exacerbated high demand for resource-intensive foods populations in Global North, which increasingly concentrated urban centres. The on system has stimulated research developing sustainable healthy sources of within cities. However, debates largely focus typically treeless agriculture tech-food approaches. This bias neglects pivotal role trees shrubs ecological cultural ecosystem service provision, thus multifunctional potential foraging "wild" or "semi-wild" cultivation designed forests near In a wide, emerging, multidisciplinary field, actual contribution woodlands to security other societal needs carbon sequestration habitat provision often remains taken-for-granted, implicit, ambiguous. To evaluate extent forestry North may generate socio-ecological win-win outcomes climate, society, we review evidence natural social sciences along four analytic dimensions: (1) change, (2) biodiversity, (3) production, (4) relational aspects. Our findings demonstrate multifactorial benefits forestry, but also flag risks disservices ascertained literature. We use synthesised these dimensions identify existing gaps future directions optimising benefits. conclude that much be gained upscaling spaces "where wild things are" requires certain systemic taken seriously.

Language: Английский

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Rosmarinus officinalis Linn.: unveiling its multifaceted nature in nutrition, diverse applications, and advanced extraction methods DOI Creative Commons

Hanae Meziane,

Linda Zraibi,

Reem Albusayr

et al.

Journal of Umm Al-Qura University for Applied Sciences, Journal Year: 2024, Volume and Issue: unknown

Published: April 3, 2024

Abstract Rosemary ( Rosmarinus officinalis Linn. or Salvia rosmarinus Spenn. ) is an aromatic herb renowned for its culinary, medicinal, and industrial significance. This review offers a multifaceted exploration of rosemary, delving into nutritional composition, traditional culinary applications, historical uses in medicine. The extends to cosmetic pharmaceutical elucidating rosemary’s role as natural preservative integration cosmeceutical formulations. Extraction methods, both classical contemporary, are critically examined, with emphasis on recent sustainable approaches their impact bioactive compounds. work concludes forward-looking perspective, discussing innovative extraction techniques, advanced technologies, the potential commercial viability rosemary-related industries. comprehensive serves valuable resource, offering insights diverse dimensions from applications cutting-edge advancements science.

Language: Английский

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Geography and geographical knowledge contribute decisively to all Sustainable Development Goals targets DOI Creative Commons
Paulo Pereira, Wenwu Zhao

Geography and sustainability, Journal Year: 2025, Volume and Issue: unknown, P. 100267 - 100267

Published: Jan. 1, 2025

Language: Английский

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