A Critical Review of the Current Global Ex Situ Conservation System for Plant Agrobiodiversity. I. History of the Development of the Global System in the Context of the Political/Legal Framework and Its Major Conservation Components

The history of ex situ conservation is relatively short, not more than a century old.During the middle of last century, triggered by the realization that genetic erosion was threatening the existing landraces and wild Soaps relatives of the major food crops, global efforts to collect and conserve the genetic diversity of these threatened resources

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How to evoke consumer approach intention toward VR stores? Sequential mediation through telepresence and experiential value

Abstract This study explores the roles of vividness and interactivity—two technological dimensions of virtual reality mediums—for consumers’ approach intention toward immersive virtual reality stores.In addition to telepresence, a well-established variable in explaining the effectiveness of virtual mediums, this study proposes experiential va

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