A point of view on genetic resources and plant breeding

Abstract

Biodiversity is the set of living organisms that make up our battered planet and their interactions with the environment. It is made up of the Kingdoms: Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, Protista, and Monera. It provides the energy resources necessary to sustain the planet and our civilization; it is the basis of agriculture, source of all crops, and species of domestic livestock since the beginning of human civilization.