Wild cranberries have a sanctuary in West Virginia and wild peppers have a protected area on Arizona’s border with Mexico. But many hundreds of other crop wild relatives native to the United States—including those related to apples, hops, grapes, pumpkins and sunflowers, to mention but a few—do not have designated conservation areas or, even when warranted, protected status.
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Source: Phys.org