This 11-part perennial crop proceeding from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations discusses the technical and cultural state of perennial grains:
- Perennial crops: needs, perceptions, essentials
- Perennial rice: challenges and opportunities
- The progression of perennial rice breeding and genetics research in China
- Perennial wheat breeding: current germplasm and a way forward for breeding and global cooperation
- Evaluation of nine perennial wheat derivatives grown in Italy
- Current efforts to develop perennial wheat and domesticate Thinopyrum intermedium as a perennial grain
- Viewpoint: multiple-harvest sorghums toward improved food security
- Breeding and genetics of perennial maize: progress, opportunities and challenges
- Evaluating perennial candidates for domestication: lessons from wild sunflower relatives
- Domestication of Lepidium campestre as part of Mistra Biotech, a research programme focused on agro-biotechnology for sustainable food
- Agriculture redesign through perennial grains: case studies
It is available for download in PDF. Preview the first part here.