Plant Biodiversity and Genetic Resources

The papers included in this Special Issue address a variety of important aspects of plant biodiversity and genetic resources including definitions descriptions and illustrations of different components and their value for food and nutrition security breeding and environmental services. Furthermore comprehensive information is provided regarding conservation approaches and techniques for plant genetic resources policy aspects and results of biological genetic morphological economic social and breeding-related research activities. The complexity and vulnerability of (plant) biodiversity and its inherent genetic resources as an integral part of the contextual ecosystem and the human web of life are clearly demonstrated in this Special Issue and for several encountered problems and constraints possible approaches or solutions are presented to overcome these.