Published in Scientific Papers. Series B, Horticulture, Vol. LXVIV, Issue 1
Written by Nikolaya VELCHEVA, Asya STOYANOVA-DOYCHEVA, Pencho MALINOV, Sebiha MADANSKA, Ľubomír MENDEL, René HAUPTVOGEL
Plant genetic resources play an important role in maintaining global food security, conserving biodiversity and promoting sustainable agriculture. The paper aims to explore the data management, digitization and cataloguing the horticulture traditional varieties conserved ex situ/on farm. The approaches include development of optimised databases and web-based tools in accordance with FAO/Bioversity descriptors. Intelligent technologies are used for creating public access under the Nagoya Protocol and equitable sharing of benefits from the use of gene pool under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The interdisciplinary approach for promoting the local varieties is a part from their valorisation as biocultural heritage. The results have an impact to the modernisation of genebank documentation systems and for reintroduction of plant diversity to the home gardens and farms. The study contributes to environmental protection and sustainable preservation of gene pool, according to the national conservation strategies of Bulgaria and Slovakia.
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