Unlocking plant resources to support food security and promote sustainable agriculture

Ulian, Tiziana; Diazgranados, Mauricio; Pironon, Samuel; Padulosi, S.; Liu, Udayangani; Davies, Lee A.; Howes, Melanie‐Jayne R.; Borrell, James S.; Ondo, Ian; Pérez‐Escobar, Oscar Alejandro; Sharrock, Suzanne; Ryan, Philippa; Hunter, Danny; Lee, Mark A.; Barstow, Charles; Łuczaj, Łukasz; Pieroni, Andréa; Cámara‐Leret, Rodrigo; Noorani, A.; Chikelu,; Womdim, Rémi Nono; Mumınjanov, H.; Antonelli, Alexandre; Pritchard, Hugh W.; Mattana, Efisio

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“…Other current strategies for prevention or management of diabetes and cardiovascular disease are underpinned by healthy diets (WHO, 2020c) to help prevent obesity and reduce disease risk (WHO, 2017, 2018b). Dietary approaches to address malnutrition, obesity and other health challenges must be aligned with strategies for food security (Ulian et al., 2020), and with research to understand the impact of climate change on the nutritional and medicinal value of plants and fungi, and the potential consequences for long‐term human health (Borrell et al., 2020). The benefits of plants to human health may be even more extensive than simply providing medicines and a healthy diet; recent evidence links green spaces to positive effects on human health, including obesity reduction, improved mental health, mood and other indicators of well‐being (Buck, 2016; Burton, 2014; Whear et al., 2014).…”

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Molecules from nature: Reconciling biodiversity conservation and global healthcare imperatives for sustainable use of medicinal plants and fungi

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Plants People Planet

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Plants and fungi have provided, or inspired, key pharmaceuticals for global health challenges, including cancer, heart disease, dementia, and malaria, and are valued as traditional medicines worldwide. Global demand for medicinal plants and fungi has threatened certain species, contributing to biodiversity loss and depletion of natural resources that are important for the health of humanity. We consider the evolving role of plants and fungi in global healthcare as new challenges to human health and to biodiversity arise. We present current and emerging scientific approaches, to uncover and preserve nature‐based health solutions for the future, through harmonization with biodiversity conservation strategies.

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Section: The Evolution and Current Status Of Therapeutics From Naturementioning

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Molecules from nature: Reconciling biodiversity conservation and global healthcare imperatives for sustainable use of medicinal plants and fungi

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“…(2018) and Ulian et al. (2020)). In this review, we use patents as one way to illustrate innovation in the use of plant and fungal resources.…”

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Biodiversity and patents: Overview of plants and fungi covered by patents

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“…Exploiting tree wild populations for genomics-assisted breeding ( Figure 1E) is key to broaden the genetic basis of woody perennial breeding programs (Migicovsky and Myles, 2017). Specifically, diverse seed bank collections and novel tree provenances might source (Ulian et al, 2020) exotic variation (e.g., unique wood quality properties). They also help avoiding genetic erosion (e.g., via infusions) and increasing long-term adaptability to climate change (e.g., making forests more tolerant to abiotic stresses such as drought and heat).…”

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Modern Strategies to Assess and Breed Forest Tree Adaptation to Changing Climate

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Studying the genetics of adaptation to new environments in ecologically and industrially important tree species is currently a major research line in the fields of plant science and genetic improvement for tolerance to abiotic stress. Specifically, exploring the genomic basis of local adaptation is imperative for assessing the conditions under which trees will successfully adapt in situ to global climate change. However, this knowledge has scarcely been used in conservation and forest tree improvement because woody perennials face major research limitations such as their outcrossing reproductive systems, long juvenile phase, and huge genome sizes. Therefore, in this review we discuss predictive genomic approaches that promise increasing adaptive selection accuracy and shortening generation intervals. They may also assist the detection of novel allelic variants from tree germplasm, and disclose the genomic potential of adaptation to different environments. For instance, natural populations of tree species invite using tools from the population genomics field to study the signatures of local adaptation. Conventional genetic markers and whole genome sequencing both help identifying genes and markers that diverge between local populations more than expected under neutrality, and that exhibit unique signatures of diversity indicative of "selective sweeps." Ultimately, these efforts inform the conservation and breeding status capable of pivoting forest health, ecosystem services, and sustainable production. Key long-term perspectives include understanding how trees' phylogeographic history may affect the adaptive relevant genetic variation available for adaptation to environmental change. Encouraging "big data" approaches (machine learning-ML) capable of comprehensively merging heterogeneous genomic and ecological datasets is becoming imperative, too.

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Unlocking plant resources to support food security and promote sustainable agriculture

Abstract: This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Cited by 144 publications

References 106 publications

Molecules from nature: Reconciling biodiversity conservation and global healthcare imperatives for sustainable use of medicinal plants and fungi

Molecules from nature: Reconciling biodiversity conservation and global healthcare imperatives for sustainable use of medicinal plants and fungi

Biodiversity and patents: Overview of plants and fungi covered by patents

Modern Strategies to Assess and Breed Forest Tree Adaptation to Changing Climate

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