Din viata secreta a plantelor: Simfonia genetica
From the Secret Life of Plants: Genetic Symphony

Summary/Abstract: The authors present summary data on the evolution of the vegetable universe on earth; the secrets of plants related to plant diversification and breeding; domestication of plants, the development of agriculture and creation of an impressive number of species (over 10,000 used in agriculture), the transfer of the new species and the original ones from one continent to another; the danger of disappearance of old local varieties due to an increased industrial agriculture; scientists effort to create gene banks (seeds) in many countries (over 500 only in Europe); the building and putting into use in 2008, of a world safe seeds in Svalbard (Norway) to preserve a wide variety of species and a large variety of plants originating from all over the world. Finally, the paper emphasizes vegetable “genius” and human “genius” (nurturing and destructive in the creation of new varieties and the disappearance of old varieties – genes reserve).

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