Lukas VFN 🇪🇺<p>Noah’s arks for fruit trees: How conservation <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/orchards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>orchards</span></a> preserve and boost biodiversity<br><a href="https://theconversation.com/noahs-arks-for-fruit-trees-how-conservation-orchards-preserve-and-boost-biodiversity-242421" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">theconversation.com/noahs-arks</span><span class="invisible">-for-fruit-trees-how-conservation-orchards-preserve-and-boost-biodiversity-242421</span></a></p><p>"Unlike <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/SeedBanks" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>SeedBanks</span></a>, these collections provide immediate access to the necessary materials (pollen, flowers) for crossbreeding in varietal improvement programmes, as well as for <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/reforestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reforestation</span></a> and the <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/conservation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>conservation</span></a> of wild relatives in <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/forests" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forests</span></a>. <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/ConservationOrchards" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ConservationOrchards</span></a> also serve as open-air laboratories to study the response of fruit <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/trees" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>trees</span></a> to <a href="https://scholar.social/tags/climate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>climate</span></a> conditions and parasite attacks"</p>