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Low Intensity Breeding of Native Forest Trees in Argentina - Genetic Basis for their Domestication and Conservation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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Low Intensity Breeding of Native Forest Trees in Argentina - Genetic Basis for their Domestication and Conservation (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2021)
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Global climate change requires the development of programs that
consider the active restoration of degraded forests and the use of
native trees in afforestation to preserve the natural environment.
International commitments like the UN REDD program, the Montreal
Process and the Convention on Biological Diversity call for the
breeding of species rarely contemplated by large industrial
companies. Low-intensity breeding is the most rational strategy for
those species: simple but robust, and not dependent on continuously
increasing funding, and therefore effective even with a relatively
small budget. It commonly focuses on high genetic diversity rather
than improving economic traits and adaptability rather than
productivity. Controlled crosses with full pedigrees typical of
high-intensity breeding are replaced by open pollination. This book
presents state-of-the-art breeding strategies from the last two
decades for several forest tree species of prime importance in the
natural forests of Argentina. They are distributed in the three
main forestry ecoregions of the country: the subtropical dry forest
(Chaco), the subtropical rain forests (Yungas and Alto Parana
rainforests) and the temperate forests of Patagonia. The book also
discusses the genetic patterns of the selected species defined
using genetic markers together with the analysis of the variation
in quantitative traits. Further, it examines the crucial features
of their reproductive biology, such as the mating system and gene
flow and describes the current breeding programs. Lastly, it
presents the latest developments in genetic resources and their
emerging applications, concluding with some reflections and
perspectives related to the conditioning imposed by climate change.
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