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naser hosseni

naser hosseni

Academic rank: Assistant Professor
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8370-6097
Education: PhD.
ScopusId: 55912974900
Faculty: Agriculture and Environment
Address: Arak University
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Research

Title
Climate change modeling of wheat wild relative (GP1) in Iran: Conservation aspect
Type
Presentation
Keywords
Food security, South west Asia, In-situ conservation, Ex-situ conservation, Poaceae
Year
2021
Researchers naser hosseni ، Ahmadreza Mehrabian ، Hossein Mostafavi ، Sadaf sayadi

Abstract

Climate changes have severe negative effects on biodiversity, extinction as well as population decline (Lapola et al. 2009). In addition, climate change affects a global threat to food security by creating tensions and reducing agricultural yields. A wide range of wild relatives of crops have been endangered due to negative effects of climate changes, and their protection is essential. Many of first-degree wild relatives (GP1) of bread wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) distributed in Iran. Therefore, predicting their future distribution based on climate modeling is very important for conservation planning. Based on field floristic and herbarium data, the distribution points of these species were prepared and geo-referenced. MaxEnt modeling was used in r software to investigate the distribution status of the mentioned species in Iran in 2050 and 2080 under two scenarios of optimism (RCP2.6) and pessimism (RCP8.5) (Phillips et al., 2006). The results of this study showing that the most important factors affecting distribution patterns of mentioned species are including: the average temperature of the coldest month of the year, precipitation in the driest month, precipitation in the driest season, average temperature of the wettest season, annual precipitation, altitude, soil organic carbon and the cation exchange capacity of the soil. Among the mentioned species, T. spelta Koern. has the highest distribution increase (96%) under the optimistic scenario of 2080 and the highest decrease (-98%) is related to T. dicoccoides L. in both optimistic and pessimistic scenarios by 2050 and 2080. The two following species T. momococcum L. and T. urartu Thumanjan ex Gandilyan will have a decrease of -18% and -13%, respectively, under a pessimistic scenario. According to, T. spelta, this species will not face any particular problem in the future. However, T. dicoccoides should be protected through ex-situ conservation. In addition, the other species should be protected in protected area