遺傳資源和作物進(jìn)化包括植物遺傳資源研究的所有方面，有關(guān)于遺傳資源的分類、形態(tài)學(xué)、生理學(xué)、生化、遺傳學(xué)、細(xì)胞學(xué)或人種植物學(xué)研究的原始文章，并包括對基因庫管理的貢獻(xiàn):收集、維護(hù)、評價、儲存和文獻(xiàn)。感興趣的領(lǐng)域包括作物進(jìn)化、馴化、作物與雜草的關(guān)系、與農(nóng)業(yè)生物多樣性有關(guān)的野生物種以及包括古民族植物學(xué)在內(nèi)的栽培植物的歷史。遺傳資源和作物進(jìn)化還就新描述的作物分類群、命名注釋、收集任務(wù)的報告、基因庫材料的評價結(jié)果以及遺傳資源領(lǐng)域重要出版物的書評等主題進(jìn)行了簡短的交流。所有稿件均為英文，并須經(jīng)同行評審。該期刊是德國文化期刊Die Kulturpflanze的國際續(xù)刊。

Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution covers all aspects of plant genetic resources research with original articles in taxonomical, morphological, physiological, biochemical, genetic, cytological or ethnobotanical research on genetic resources and includes contributions to gene bank management: collecting, maintenance, evaluation, storage and documentation.Areas of interest include crop evolution, domestication, crop-weed relationships, agrobiodiversity related wild species and the history of cultivated plants including palaeoethnobotany.Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution also presents short communications on such topics as newly described crop taxa, nomenclatural notes, reports of collecting missions, and evaluation results of gene bank material, as well as book reviews of important publications in the field of genetic resources. All contributions are in English and are subject to peer review.The journal is the international continuation of the German periodical Die Kulturpflanze.