Sequencing forgotten crops | Nature Plants
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GigaScience https://doi.org/10.1093/gigascience/giy152 (2018).
To boost interest and jump-start modern breeding research on these forgotten species, the African Orphan Crops Consortium aims to sequence and annotate a hundred promising African plants.
Sequences from two legumes and three trees have just been released. These are multipurpose, drought-tolerant and highly nutritious plants, providing beans, nuts and fruits. The project
includes local plants that are rich in vitamins, fibre, oil, micronutrients and proteins; can enrich the soil by hosting symbiotic microbes; and can also be used for medicinal use or animal
feed.
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