Nice post over on the Agricultural Biodiversity blog by Salvatore Ceccarelli: http://agro.biodiver.se/2009/06/conserving-evolution/
Trail sites and the people that maintain them will play an important role in adaptation of cultivars to changing environments. Cultivars will “be planted in contrasting locations, particularly those representing high intensity of abiotic and biotic stresses.” Trial sites should document the biotic and abiotic stresses that genotypes will face.
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