Review article by Davide Panzeri and colleagues (Labra’s Lab), published on Plants 2022, 11(4), 532. https://doi.org/10.3390/plants11040532
Comment by Greta Bianchi (Brocca’s Lab)
Climate change and overpopulation issues represent major dares to next generation agriculture. The demand of sustainable plant-based “superfoods” containing high nutraceutical compounds has increased and led scientists to a general reconsideration of domestication in order to design ideal plants for the future. Moreover, conventional breeding of plants has brought to an alarming reduction of genetic diversity which makes plants less capable of coping with new environmental challenges. In his review, Davide Panzeri and colleagues debate on this issue, focusing their attention on legumes and in particular on African Vigna genus, due to their nutraceutical potential. Despite the great African biodiversity, only three species have been stably domesticated. The great number of wild lineages represents a precious genetic pool to draw fully from, in order to enrich the genetic diversity of Vigna domesticated plants or domesticate de novo landraces to create the future crops. If you would like to discover more on this fascinating and actual topic, Davide’s paper awaits you!
Congratulations for your excellent work Davide, we’ll stay tuned with your research!
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