<div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>I hope that preserving the genetic diversity of wild relatives of crops are on the radar screen with this effort, as the U.S. is home to 4,600 wild relatives of crop plants, from sunflowers and raspberries to rice and sweet potatoes (Khoury et al., 2013).  -Patricia</div><div><br></div><div><font size="1"><span style="color:rgb(7,8,9);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:15.600000381469727px">Colin K. Khoury, Steph</span><span style="color:rgb(7,8,9);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:15.600000381469727px">anie Greene, John Wiersema, Nigel Maxted, Andy Jarvis, Paul C. Struik. </span><strong style="color:rgb(7,8,9);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:15.600000381469727px">An Inventory of Crop Wild Relatives of the United States</strong><span style="color:rgb(7,8,9);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:15.600000381469727px">.</span><span style="color:rgb(7,8,9);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:15.600000381469727px"> </span><em style="color:rgb(7,8,9);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:15.600000381469727px">Crop Science</em><span style="color:rgb(7,8,9);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:15.600000381469727px">, 2013; 0 (0): 0 DOI:</span><span style="color:rgb(7,8,9);font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:15.600000381469727px"> </span><a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.2135/cropsci2012.10.0585" rel="nofollow" target="_blank" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;line-height:15.600000381469727px;color:rgb(0,66,118);text-decoration:none">10.2135/cropsci2012.10.0585</a></font></div><div><br></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">USDA Office of Communications</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:usda@public.govdelivery.com">usda@public.govdelivery.com</a>></span><br>Date: Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 5:17 PM<br>Subject: Obama Administration Launches Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture<div>
<p>The Obama Administration today announced the launch of the Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture, a new effort to promote greater international engagement on ways agriculture can help mitigate the impact of climate change. To read more, visit the <a href="http://links.govdelivery.com:80/track?type=click&enid=ZWFzPTEmbWFpbGluZ2lkPTIwMTQwOTI0LjM2MzA2MTIxJm1lc3NhZ2VpZD1NREItUFJELUJVTC0yMDE0MDkyNC4zNjMwNjEyMSZkYXRhYmFzZWlkPTEwMDEmc2VyaWFsPTE3MDY0MjM0JmVtYWlsaWQ9UGF0cmljaWFfRGVBbmdlbGlzQGZ3cy5nb3YmdXNlcmlkPVBhdHJpY2lhX0RlQW5nZWxpc0Bmd3MuZ292JmZsPSZleHRyYT1NdWx0aXZhcmlhdGVJZD0mJiY=&&&100&&&http://blogs.usda.gov/2014/09/24/obama-administration-launches-global-alliance-for-climate-smart-agriculture/" target="_blank">Obama Administration Launches Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture blog</a>.</p><div>
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