Genetic Resources – A new attempt at serving the community

Lorenzo Maggioni,Coralie Danchin,Michele Bozzano,Sandra Goritschnig

doi:10.46265/genresj.2020.1.1-3

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Abstract

Through the Horizon 2020 project ’GenRes Bridge’ the new journal Genetic Resources was conceived to serve as a new cross-cutting platform for stakeholders and practitioners in genetic resources. Its ambition is to provide access to relevant information and tools for the monitoring, conservation, management, characterization and use of genetic resources, and thus to contribute to the FAO global plans of action on genetic resources. Conceived to ﬁll the gaps left by the discontinuation of the journals Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter and Animal Genetic Resources, it aims at serving the genetic resources community worldwide and across sectors.

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Through the Horizon 2020 project ’GenRes Bridge’ the new journal Genetic Resources was conceived to serve as a new cross-cutting platform for stakeholders and practitioners in genetic resources
Conceived to fill the gaps left by the discontinuation of the journals Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter and Animal Genetic Resources, it aims at serving the genetic resources community worldwide and across sectors
Paper issues were originally distributed free of charge and eventually the publication was converted into an online open access publication. This magazine covered a specific niche of interest for the plant genetic resources community, publishing information that normally would not be suitable for existing scientific journals