RADIANT - Realising Dynamic Value Chains for Underutilised Crops
Published May 19, 2025 | Version v1
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Agroecological genomics and participatory science: optimizing crop mixtures for agricultural diversification

Creators

  • 1. ROR icon Marche Polytechnic University
  • 2. University of Montpellier
  • 3. ROR icon Institute of Plant Genetics, Polish Academy of Sciences
  • 4. Council for Agricultural Research and Economics Research Center in Genomics and Bioinformatics

Description

The importance of agrobiodiversity, particularly the co-cultivation of different species and genotypes, is well established for promoting sustainable agriculture.
  • Understanding the biological basis of positive plant–plant interactions can help address agroecology-related challenges, such as optimizing crop mixtures and identifying genetic factors for plant co-existence in different environments.
  • Participatory science decentralizes research and can improve our understanding of complex phenomena such as interactions between genotypes, neighboring plants, the environment, and management practices.
  • Recent advances in theoretical frameworks, technological innovations, and empirical methods now enable comprehensive investigations into adaptation and co-adaptation dynamics by integrating omics tools for genotyping and phenotyping in controlled field and on-farm experiments.

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Funding

European Commission
RADIANT - ReAlising DynamIc vAlue chaiNs for underuTilised crops 101000622
European Commission
INCREASE - Intelligent Collections of Food Legumes Genetic Resources for European Agrofood Systems 862862