@article{fdi:010053648,
  title = {{B}iodiversity, evolution and adaptation of cultivated crops},
  author = {{V}igouroux, {Y}ves and {B}arnaud, {A}deline and {S}carcelli, {N}ora and {T}huillet, {A}nne-{C}{\'e}line},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he human diet depends on very few crops. {C}urrent diversity in these crops is the result of a long interaction between farmers and cultivated plants, and their environment. {M}an largely shaped crop biodiversity from the domestication period 12,000 {B}.{P}. to the development of improved varieties during the last century. {W}e illustrate this process through a detailed analysis of the domestication and early diffusion of maize. {I}n smallholder agricultural systems, farmers still have a major impact on crop diversity today. {W}e review several examples of the major impact of man on current diversity. {F}inally, biodiversity is considered to be an asset for adaptation to current environmental changes. {W}e describe the evolution of pearl millet in {W}est {A}frica, where average rainfall has decreased over the last forty years. {D}iversity in cultivated varieties has certainly helped this crop to adapt to climate variation.},
  keywords = {{D}omestication ; {C}rop biodiversity ; {S}mallholder agriculture ; {A}daptation ; {E}nvironmental changes},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{C}omptes {R}endus {B}iologies},
  volume = {334},
  numero = {5-6},
  pages = {450--457},
  ISSN = {1631-0691},
  year = {2011},
  DOI = {10.1016/j.crvi.2011.03.003},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010053648},
}