# Talk:Crop diversity

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So I'm thinking about splitting up the Organizations, Technologies, and Solutions part, but the way I've worded it I still feel they are connected, as a great deal of these solutions are proliferated to other communites/countries on the national and international levels.  Any ideas?
Also, still working on linking some pictures to the site, specifically for examples showing wheat rust and CMV effects on crops.  Any postings here would be greatly appreciated, thanks! The People Now (talk) 20:36, 12 March 2009 (UTC)The People Now


### Peer Review
I didn't see anything in either student sandbox so I am assuming this is your work.
There are a few minor things grammar/spelling wise i'd change.
The caption of one of the images is "Within-crop diversity: maize cobs of differing colours". I know this is nitpicky, but i'd change the spelling to "colors" both here and when you use the word "coloured" later on.
Under the section "Organizations and technologies", change the spelling of "international organisation" to  "international organization" (The page it links to also spells it with a z).
Something similar happens later on with fibre vs fiber.
Over the article you have gene bank as both "gene bank" and "genebank". Regardless of if you keep it as one word or two, it should be consistent.
Other than that i didn't notice anything spelling or grammar-wise. Content-wise I think it also looks good. The "Economic impact" section seems rather short compared to the other sections and I feel there is room for expansion here.
Hope this helps! Adam Weiss
Ahweiss2 (talk)  —Preceding undated comment added 01:21, 13 April 2017 (UTC) 


### Peer Review
The introduction looks really good. However, some words such as "genebank" vs "gene banks" are spelled differently. It would probably be best to fix these so that they are consistent throughout the article. Also, some of the numbers in the biodiversity loss section are not cited. 
Something to consider may be whether or not to capitalize all of the major words in a section title (Biodiversity Loss vs Biodiversity loss). 
The article looks good, but I think what needs to be improved most is making sure everything is cited properly. 
Good Luck!! Flashinglights456 (talk) 23:51, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

lots of links from other articles added. not ready to remove tags, too new to process, but will watch and see. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 09:34, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
ok, i read guidelines, and removed orphan tag. not that complicated. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 19:29, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

added internal links and new categories. im new to formatting, so i wont remove the tag, as i did for orphan status. im sure it needs more work Mercurywoodrose (talk) 19:28, 7 March 2009 (UTC)

Great work! I think the tag needs to stay because the references still need formatting. I don't mind doing it but it might be a week or two before I get round to it. Phil Bridger (talk) 21:33, 7 March 2009 (UTC)
thanks for the feedback. that timeline is fine with me. i am still really bad at formatting, so im not gonna try very hard myself yet. Mercurywoodrose (talk) 00:44, 8 March 2009 (UTC)

I added a photo of corn with different kernel colours.  I believe that each of them is a different type of corn so it makes a good showcasing of crop diversity.  Not being an expert on corn though, I could be wrong. Zell Faze (talk) 03:53, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

It's quite good, I think (a little fuzzy). The photo may have been intended to show that the colour depends on the pollinator, rather than that diversity exists, but it does the latter as well. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 12:10, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Should this page also cover diversity of crops, i.e., growing many different species rather than relying on just a few? Sminthopsis84 (talk) 12:13, 19 May 2013 (UTC)

Hi, I recently created a new short article on genetic vulnerability which got immediately nominated for speedy deletion because it fit within an existing article. Fair enough! So I went looking for the most appropriate article to add my piece to, and I found two possibilities: 'Agricultural biodiversity' and 'Crop diversity'. Are these the same thing? Should they be merged? And if not, would either of them like to have a new section of genetic vulnerability? I shall leave this message on both talk pages and see what responses come up. The thing I wrote now lives in my sandbox at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Foonarres/sandbox in case anyone wants to see it. Foonarres (talk) 20:18, 29 October 2014 (UTC)

Just an aside that, as a personal feeling, I think it is gross to refer to animals as crops. Sminthopsis84 (talk) 20:06, 28 January 2017 (UTC)
This specifically talks about crop (i.e., genetic) biodiversity, but in agricultural diversity (in additional to livestock) you get other factors like ecological diversity (pests and beneficial organisms outside the crop or livestock).  They're pretty unique (though related) to be considering a merge. Even though this is an old post, just posting for clarity's sake. Kingofaces43 (talk) 23:05, 28 January 2017 (UTC)

This article has a lot of great analysis about the above-ground effects of monoculture farming but could use a much more robust look at the way a lack of biodiversity affects the food web within the soil.  I'm not professional in this area, but I know it results in considerably less healthy plants and a deficit of organic content in the soil, at the very least.Tfringersilva (talk) 22:19, 13 April 2017 (UTC)

It's a major topic but arguably not the topic of this article. However a separate article with a one-paragraph summary and "main" link from here would be welcome. The effects are both from crop to soil and from soil to crop. Chiswick Chap (talk) 10:16, 14 April 2017 (UTC)