What are strategic plants in new world? food, drugs, fiber, etc are very important for human and also plants that produce them. do you think the list of strategic plants must be changed?
I suppose the word "Strategic" is relative. Strategic phytoremediation plants are those that are required for a specific purpose of remediation e.g. pollution control, regreening mined areas/deserts etc. In late 1970s the concept of ideotype to define a plant for a specific purpose was proposed but lost its significance in due course of time. Strategic plants also differ from country to country or region to region depending on the requirement of the nation/region at that particular time scale and may change later.
The conceptualization of plants for specific purposes as strategic plants is a good idea and can be pursued to serve the requirements of nations. The list of strategic plants certainly needs to be changed to suit the needs of the people/environment from time to time.
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