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Plant Genetic Resources - A Review of Current Research and Future Needs (Hardcover)
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Plant Genetic Resources - A Review of Current Research and Future Needs (Hardcover)
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science, 100
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"It is likely that Plant genetic resources will become the
essential methods manual to facilitate their international exchange
and local dissemination. It may well become the standard reference
for researchers at universities, institutes, government departments
and plant nurseries for many years. It provides an indispensable
contribution as a handbook for plant collectors." (Plant Science
Bulletin - Botanical Society of America) Maintaining and
benefitting from plant genetic diversity are key challenges facing
agriculture. Challenges include a narrowing genetic base for many
key crops, the loss of landraces and wild varieties with
agricultural intensification and urbanisation, and the need to
develop the role of existing gene banks from repository of genetic
diversity to enablers of the flow of germplasm and genetic
information for breeding more robust varieties. Plant genetic
resources: A review of current research and future needs surveys
the wealth of research addressing these challenges and the
opportunity for a more integrated, global approach to protecting
and leveraging plant genetic diversity for a more sustainable
agriculture. The book assesses ways of valuing and monitoring plant
genetic diversity and discusses advances in in-situ and ex-situ
strategies for conserving plant genetic diversity. The book
concludes by reviewing ways of enhancing the use of plant genetic
diversity, including participatory plant breeding programmes and
more effective seed systems. With its eminent editor and range of
international expertise, Plant genetic resources: A review of
current research and future needs will be a standard reference for
university and other researchers studying crop genetic resources
and breeding, staff managing genebanks and germplasm collections,
government and other agencies regulating the collection, storage
and exchange of germplasm, as well as companies involved in crop
breeding.
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