遺傳資源和作物進化包括植物遺傳資源研究的所有方面，有關于遺傳資源的分類、形態學、生理學、生化、遺傳學、細胞學或人種植物學研究的原始文章，并包括對基因庫管理的貢獻:收集、維護、評價、儲存和文獻。感興趣的領域包括作物進化、馴化、作物與雜草的關系、與農業生物多樣性有關的野生物種以及包括古民族植物學在內的栽培植物的歷史。遺傳資源和作物進化還就新描述的作物分類群、命名注釋、收集任務的報告、基因庫材料的評價結果以及遺傳資源領域重要出版物的書評等主題進行了簡短的交流。所有稿件均為英文，并須經同行評審。該期刊是德國文化期刊Die Kulturpflanze的國際續刊。

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.