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FOOD SECURITY

Plant agrodiversity to the rescue

Nature Climate Change volume 11, pages 6–8 (2021)Cite this article

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Agricultural systems are vulnerable to climate change, and global reservoirs of plant genetic diversity are proving to be a valuable means of crop adaptation. A study now shows that production of sweet potato is at risk from extreme heat events, but a few tolerant cultivars can still thrive and potentially provide climate resilience.

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Fig. 1: Plant agrodiversity to the rescue of food security under climate change.

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  1. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Richmond, UK

    Samuel Pironon

  2. Department of Botany, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Marybel Soto Gomez

  3. UBC Botanical Garden and Centre for Plant Research, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

    Marybel Soto Gomez

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Pironon, S., Soto Gomez, M. Plant agrodiversity to the rescue. Nat. Clim. Chang. 11, 6–8 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41558-020-00925-3

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