2020
DOI: 10.3390/plants9030345
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Endemic Plant Species Conservation: Biotechnological Approaches

Abstract: Endemic plant species are usually more vulnerable to anthropogenic threats and natural changes and, therefore, hold a higher extinction risk. The preservation of these species is a major concern on a worldwide context and in situ protection alone will not guarantee their conservation. Ex situ conservation measures must be undertaken to support the conservation of these species, and seed banking is the more efficient and cost-effective method. However, when seed banking is not an option, alternative approaches … Show more

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“…Human activity in recent centuries, and particularly in recent decades, has led to overexploitation and a significant degradation of habitats, with a consequent loss of natural populations and even species. More recently, pollution and climate change have contributed to biodiversity loss [ 1 , 2 ]. This genetic erosion has also affected crop genetic resources due to modern agricultural practices and the introduction of new varieties, with higher yield, which have displaced traditional landraces [ 3 ].…”
Section: Epigenetic Variation In Ex Situ Plant Conservation: the Rmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Human activity in recent centuries, and particularly in recent decades, has led to overexploitation and a significant degradation of habitats, with a consequent loss of natural populations and even species. More recently, pollution and climate change have contributed to biodiversity loss [ 1 , 2 ]. This genetic erosion has also affected crop genetic resources due to modern agricultural practices and the introduction of new varieties, with higher yield, which have displaced traditional landraces [ 3 ].…”
Section: Epigenetic Variation In Ex Situ Plant Conservation: the Rmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The most appropriate method to conserve whole ecosystems and their biodiversity is in situ conservation, i.e., in their natural habitat. However, this approach is not always possible, and in these cases ex situ conservation (the conservation of individuals outside their natural habitats) is the best option [ 2 ]. The most frequent plant ex situ conservation method is seed banking, mainly by maintaining orthodox seed samples at low temperature and water content.…”
Section: Epigenetic Variation In Ex Situ Plant Conservation: the Rmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…Endemic plant species are usually more vulnerable to anthropogenic threats and natural changes and, therefore, hold a higher extinction risk. To this effect, various conservation strategies need to be practiced such as ex-situ conservation exercised in botanic gardens (Mounce et al, 2017), in-situ conservation (Heywood, 2015;Whitlock et al, 2016), cryopreservation (Kaviani, 2011;Streczynski et al, 2019;Coelho et al, 2020) and biotechnological methods such as in-vitro preservation in TC collection including short-, medium-, and long-term strategies (Rao, 2004;Rajasekharan and Sahijram, 2015;Yohannes and Woldesemaya, 2017;Salgotra et al, 2019;Coelho et al, 2020). The DNA bank is an efficient, simple and long-term method used in conserving genetic resource for biodiversity.…”
Section: Conservation and Preservation Of Plant Genetic Resourcesmentioning
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“…In this scene, distribution records, population size data, and conservation measures are not available for the M. autumnalis [ 15 ], and it was reported as a critically endangered species in Jordan, a neighboring country of the West Bank of Palestine [ 16 ]. The growing knowledge of in vitro plant propagation and cryopreservation strategies, including in vitro seed culture, is becoming crucial towards defining potential policies and actions that help conserve wild species that are rare, endangered, or of special cultural, medicinal, economic, or ecological value [ 17 , 18 , 19 ]. The integration between traditional methods such as in situ conservation and seed storage, and advanced biotechnologies such as rapid in vitro plant propagation and multiplication, can provide successful solutions, especially when plant resources are limited.…”
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confidence: 99%