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  1. Enhance food plant diversity conservation and use through greater coordination between genebanks and botanic gardens

    Article • Plants People Planet, September 2026, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  2. Food plant diversity in a rapidly changing world

    Article • Plants People Planet, September 2026, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  3. Conservation gap analysis for wild grapevines ( Vitis L.) of the Americas

    Article • Plants People Planet, July 2026, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  4. Grape ( Vitis L.) biodiversity: Historical uses, current status, and future potential

    Article • Plants People Planet, July 2026, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  5. Reversing vegetable biodiversity loss to diversify diets

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, July 2026, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  6. High-performance living plant collections require a globally integrated data ecosystem to meet twenty-first-century challenges

    Article • Nature Plants, January 2026, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  7. Climate drives variation in optimal phenology: 46 years of multi‐environment trials in sunflower

    Article • New Phytologist, December 2025, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  8. A call to preserve wild relatives of crop plants and their associated microbes

    Article • Nature Communications, July 2025, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Susannah Green Tringe, Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  9. Author Correction: Periodic Table of Food Initiative for generating biomolecular knowledge of edible biodiversity

    Article • Nature Food, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  10. Periodic Table of Food Initiative for generating biomolecular knowledge of edible biodiversity

    Article • Nature Food, March 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  11. Author Correction: The hidden land use cost of upscaling cover crops

    Article • Communications Biology, December 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  12. An inventory of crop wild relatives and wild‐utilized plants in Canada

    Article • Crop Science, June 2022, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  13. State of ex situ conservation of landrace groups of 25 major crops

    Article • Nature Plants, May 2022, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  14. Distribution and ecology of wild lettuces Lactuca serriola L. and Lactuca virosa L. in central Chile

    Article • Hacquetia, February 2022, De Gruyter

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  15. Local to continental‐scale variation in fitness and heritability in common bean

    Article • Crop Science, February 2022, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  16. Wild relatives of potato may bolster its adaptation to new niches under future climate scenarios

    Article • Food and Energy Security, January 2022, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  17. Interactions between breeding system and ploidy affect niche breadth in Solanum

    Article • Royal Society Open Science, January 2022, Royal Society Publishing

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  18. Biodiversity data: The importance of access and the challenges regarding benefit sharing

    Article • Plants People Planet, December 2021, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  19. Conservation needs to integrate knowledge across scales

    Article • Nature Ecology & Evolution, November 2021, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  20. Crop genetic erosion: understanding and responding to loss of crop diversity

    Article • New Phytologist, October 2021, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  21. Challenges to Operationalizing Sustainable Diets: Perspectives From Kenya and Vietnam

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, October 2021, Frontiers

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  22. Biocultural Diversity for Food System Transformation Under Global Environmental Change

    Article • Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems, October 2021, Frontiers

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  23. Global Commitments to Conserving and Monitoring Genetic Diversity Are Now Necessary and Feasible

    Article • BioScience, May 2021, Oxford University Press (OUP)

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  24. GapAnalysis: an R package to calculate conservation indicators using spatial information

    Article • Ecography, May 2021, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  25. Global mismatches between crop distributions and climate suitability

    Article • April 2021, Research Square

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  26. Global mismatches between crop distributions and climate suitability

    Article • April 2021, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  27. Crop wild relatives of the United States require urgent conservation action

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, December 2020, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  28. People pollinating partnerships: harnessing collaborations between botanic gardens and agricultural research organizations on crop diversity

    Article • Acta Horticulturae, December 2020, International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS)

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  29. Support Indigenous food system biocultural diversity

    Article • The Lancet Planetary Health, December 2020, Elsevier

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  30. Trade and its trade-offs in the food system

    Article • Nature Food, November 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  31. Set ambitious goals for biodiversity and sustainability

    Article • Science, October 2020, American Association for the Advancement of Science

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  32. The Potential of Payment for Ecosystem Services for Crop Wild Relative Conservation

    Article • Plants, October 2020, MDPI AG

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  33. Modelled distributions and conservation priorities of wild sorghums ( Sorghum Moench)

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, September 2020, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  34. Improved Remote Sensing Methods to Detect Northern Wild Rice (Zizania palustris L.)

    Article • Remote Sensing, September 2020, MDPI AG

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  35. Interactions between specific breeding system and ploidy play a critical role in increasing niche adaptability in a global food crop

    Article • September 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  36. Toward Unifying Global Hotspots of Wild and Domesticated Biodiversity

    Article • Plants, August 2020, MDPI AG

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  37. Crop Wild Relatives as Germplasm Resource for Cultivar Improvement in Mint (Mentha L.)

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, August 2020, Frontiers

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  38. Changing diets and the transformation of the global food system

    Article • Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences, July 2020, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  39. The hidden land use cost of upscaling cover crops

    Article • Communications Biology, June 2020, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  40. Access to crop digital information and the sharing of benefits derived from its use: Background and perspectives

    Article • Plants People Planet, April 2020, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury, Professor Eric von Wettberg

  41. A gap analysis modelling framework to prioritize collecting for ex situ conservation of crop landraces

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, March 2020, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  42. The hidden land use cost of widespread cover cropping

    Article • February 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  43. Conceptualizing sustainable diets in Vietnam: Minimum metrics and potential leverage points

    Article • Food Policy, February 2020, Elsevier

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  44. Front Cover

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, January 2020, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  45. Toward Integrated Conservation of North America's Crop Wild Relatives

    Article • Natural Areas Journal, January 2020, Natural Areas Journal

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  46. Distributions, conservation status, and abiotic stress tolerance potential of wild cucurbits ( Cucurbita L.)

    Article • Plants People Planet, December 2019, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  47. Modelled distributions and conservation status of the wild relatives of chile peppers (CapsicumL.)

    Article • Diversity and Distributions, November 2019, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  48. Science–graphic art partnerships to increase research impact

    Article • Communications Biology, August 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  49. Environmental analyses to inform transitions to sustainable diets in developing countries: case studies for Vietnam and Kenya

    Article • The International Journal of Life Cycle Assessment, June 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  50. Resetting the table for people and plants: Botanic gardens and research organizations collaborate to address food and agricultural plant blindness

    Article • Plants People Planet, May 2019, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  51. Comprehensiveness of conservation of useful wild plants: An operational indicator for biodiversity and sustainable development targets

    Article • Ecological Indicators, March 2019, Elsevier

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  52. When food systems meet sustainability – Current narratives and implications for actions

    Article • World Development, January 2019, Elsevier

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  53. Conservation and Use of the North American Plant Cornucopia: The Way Forward

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  54. Wild Beans (Phaseolus L.) of North America

    Article • January 2019, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  55. A Road Map for Conservation, Use, and Public Engagement around North America’s Crop Wild Relatives and Wild Utilized Plants

    Article • Crop Science, January 2019, Crop Science Society of America

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  56. Distributions and Conservation Status of Carrot Wild Relatives in Tunisia: A Case Study in the Western Mediterranean Basin

    Article • Crop Science, January 2019, Crop Science Society of America

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  57. Research Gaps and Challenges in the Conservation and Use of North American Wild Lettuce Germplasm

    Article • Crop Science, January 2019, Crop Science Society of America

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  58. Seeds of Success: Collateral Benefits to Agricultural Crop Improvement, Research, and Education

    Article • Crop Science, January 2019, Crop Science Society of America

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  59. Data for the calculation of an indicator of the comprehensiveness of conservation of useful wild plants

    Article • Data in Brief, December 2018, Elsevier

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  60. Conservation Status and Threat Assessments for North American Crop Wild Relatives

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury, Dr. Adam B. Smith

  61. North American Crop Wild Relatives, Volume 1

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  62. The Gene Pool Concept Applied to Crop Wild Relatives: An Evolutionary Perspective

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  63. Wild Plant Genetic Resources in North America: An Overview

    Article • January 2018, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  64. Priorities for enhancing the ex situ conservation and use of Australian crop wild relatives

    Article • Australian Journal of Botany, January 2017, CSIRO Publishing

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  65. Origins of food crops connect countries worldwide

    Article • Proceedings of the Royal Society B Biological Sciences, June 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  66. Crop wild relatives of the brinjal eggplant (Solanum melongena): Poorly represented in genebanks and many species at risk of extinction

    Article • American Journal of Botany, March 2016, Wiley

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  67. Distributions and conservation status of the wild relatives of important crops worldwide

    Article • Nature Plants, March 2016, Nature

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  68. Distributions and conservation status of the wild relatives of sunflower

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, October 2015, Frontiers

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  69. Distributions and conservation status of wild relatives of potato

    Article • PLOS One, April 2015, PLOS

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  70. Distributions, conservation status, and potential for use of wild relatives of sweetpotato

    Article • Frontiers in Plant Science, April 2015, Frontiers

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  71. Distributions, conservation status, and potential for use of wild relatives of pigeonpea

    Article • Biological Conservation, April 2015, Elsevier

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  72. Distributions of the wild relatives of lettuce

    Article • Plant Genetic Resources, September 2014, Cambridge University Press

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  73. Increasing homogeneity in global food supplies and the implications for food security

    Article • Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, March 2014, Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  74. Crop wild relative conservation and use initiative

    Article • Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems, February 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  75. Climate change adaptation in Colombia

    Article • Climatic Change, July 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  76. Listing and prioritizing crop wild relatives of the USA

    Article • Crop Science, January 2013, Crop Science Society of America

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  77. Distributions and conservation status of the wild relatives of bean

    Article • PLOS One, October 2010, PLOS

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  78. Global ex situ conservation trends

    Article • Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, February 2010, Springer Science + Business Media

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury

  79. The conservation and use of crop genetic resources for food security

    Article • Wageningen UR Library

    Senior Director, Science and Conservation, San Diego Botanic Garden Colin K. Khoury