García-Salinas, Pablo; Gallego Albiach, Victor; Asturiano, Juan F.(Frontiers Media SA, 2021-07-21)
[EN] Elasmobranchs are one of the most endangered vertebrate groups on the planet, but despite this situation the use of reproductive techniques in elasmobranch conservation strategies has been scarce. Among these techniques, ...
Muñoz del Río, Pilar(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2016-06-24)
[EN] The grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) is one of the most important fruit crops globally noted for its high economic value consumed as table grapes mainly used for the production of wine. The conservation of germplasm of ...
[EN] BACKGROUND: Trees within the Calophyllum genus are multi-use trees that produce valuable wood, phytochemicals with a range of biological activities, and seed oil as a source of biodiesel. As a consequence of climate ...
[EN] Conservation of pineapple (Ananas comosus L. Merr.) genetic resources - including cryopreservation in liquid N-2 at -196 degrees C - is essential for future breeding programmes to develop new varieties with improved ...
Díez Niclós, Mª José Teresa De Jesús; de la Rosa, L.; Martín, Isaura; Guasch, Luis; Cartea, María Elena; Mallor, Cristina; Casals, Joan; Simo, Joan; Rivera, Ana; Anastasio, German; Prohens Tomás, Jaime; Soler Aleixandre, Salvador; Blanca Postigo, José Miguel; Valcarcel Germes, José Vicente; Casañas Artigas, Francesc(Frontiers Media SA, 2018-12-04)
[EN] Genebanks were created by the middle of the twentieth century to preserve cultivated biodiversity when landraces began to be substituted by modern varieties. This move was generally accepted as a necessary step to ...
García Salinas, Pablo(Universitat Politècnica de València, 2017-10-20)
The effectiveness of an ex situ conservation strategy is evaluated in this in the present study. The intended objective of this strategy is the recovery of bycatched elasmobranch eggs by using two model species, Galeus ...
García-Salinas, Pablo; Gallego Albiach, Victor; Asturiano, Juan F.(MDPI AG, 2021-07)
[EN] Many species of rays and skates are endangered, and ex situ conservation programs developed by research centers and public aquaria could improve this situation. To reproduce these species in captivity, scientists need ...
García-Salinas, Pablo; Gallego Albiach, Victor; Asturiano, Juan F.(MDPI AG, 2021-08)
[EN] Sperm extraction and artificial insemination may serve ex situ conservation initiatives for threatened sharks and related species. A comparison of the reproductive anatomy of eight chondrichthyans is presented in this ...
[EN] Since 2007, the European Commission AGRI GEN RES 018 "CROCUSBANK" action has permitted the creation of the alleged World Saffron and Crocus Collection (WSCC), a unique collection which contains a representation of the ...