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Relevance of Wild Relatives in Other Crops in Plant Breeding Programs

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When comparisons are made between domestic crops and their wild relatives, it must be recognized that both are from different origins of distribution, which vary by crop, and specific consideration of the primary, secondary and tertiary gene pools.

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Correspondence to Kodoth Prabhakaran Nair .

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Nair, K.P. (2019). Relevance of Wild Relatives in Other Crops in Plant Breeding Programs. In: Combating Global Warming . Springer Climate. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-23037-1_7

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