Plant Protect. Sci., X:X | DOI: 10.17221/18/2026-PPS

Diversity and Geography of Cultivated PlantsBook Review

Aleš Lebeda ORCID...1
1 Department of Botany, Faculty of Science, Palacký University in Olomouc, Olomouc, Czech Republic

Editor-in-Chief of this book Karl Hammer, emeritus professor at Kassel University (Germany), is a leading scientist in plant genetic resources (PGR) and agrobiodiversity. His research has focused on taxonomy, plant domestication, ecology, biogeography, conservation and exploitation of PGR in plant breeding. He also performed many studies and conducted missions around the globe. His life activities, knowledge and experience created an excellent background for this book. The book involves a close collaboration with two other editors, Dr. M.Á.E Pérez (Cuba) and Prof. C. Long (China), as well as eleven additional contributors from nine countries. The book is dedicated to H. Stubbe, founding director and long-time director of the Institut für Kulturpflanzenforschung in Gatersleben (Germany). 

Keywords: biogeography; conservation; domestication; plant genetic resources; taxonomy; variation

Received: February 4, 2026; Revised: February 4, 2026; Accepted: February 10, 2026; Prepublished online: March 18, 2026 

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