landrace
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thumb|upright=1.1|Aerial roots of a [[maize landrace, Sierra Mixe corn, grown in nitrogen-depleted soils in the Sierra Mixe, known for aerial roots with a bacterial gel that contributes substantially to the plant's nitrogen supply]]
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Encyclopedic overview
38 sectionsContents
- Characteristics
- Terminology
- Autochthonous and allochthonous landraces
- Biodiversity and conservation
- In situ and ex situ landrace conservation
- Preserving cereal landraces
- Plants
- Plant landrace development
- Cultivars developed from landraces
- Examples of plant landraces
- Beans
- Carrots
- Maize
- Okra
- Peas
- Peppers
- Rice
- Squash
- Tomatillo
- Tomatoes
- Wheat
- Animals
- Animal landrace development
- Examples of animal landraces
- Cats
- Cattle
- Dogs
- Goats
- Sheep
- Horses
- Pigs
- Chicken
- Ducks
- Geese
- Rabbits
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|upright=1.1|Aerial roots of a [[maize landrace, Sierra Mixe corn, grown in nitrogen-depleted soils in the Sierra Mixe, known for aerial roots with a bacterial gel that contributes substantially to the plant's nitrogen supply]]
A landrace is a domesticated, locally adapted, often traditional variety of a species of animal or plant that has developed over time, through adaptation to its natural and cultural environment of agriculture and pastoralism, and due to isolation from other populations of the species. Landraces are distinct from cultivars and from standard breeds.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “landrace” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.