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A worldwide search for the wild kin of the most commonly consumed food crops kicked off Friday in Rome.

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Wild forest banana

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KewMali

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Wild sunflower

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Vigna platyloba, related to cowpea and bambara groundnut

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Wild wheat

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Wild rice

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