saving in-situ and ex -situ genetic diversity from war and climate stresses
How Syrians Saved an Ancient Seedbank From Civil War http://www.wired.com/2015/04/syrians-saved-ancient-seedbank-civil-war/?mbid=nl_041715 for those who may not know, it is useful to also recall Cambodian war and how Pol Pot, the dictator had banned cultivation of local varieties and thus tried to destroy the in situ genetic diversity. http://dlc.dlib.indiana.edu/dlc/bitstream/handle/10535/4637/Encounter%20of%20Cambodian%20rice%20farmers%20with%20war%20and%20rice%20diversity.pdf?sequence=1 (author of this paper not yet known, inform…