Plant Genetic Conservation
by Nigel Maxted, Brian Ford-Lloyd, Shelagh Kell, Harpal Pooni, Michael LawrenceFormat: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2006-08-31
Publisher(s): Cambridge University Press
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Summary
The need to understand the genetic diversity of plants has become a crucial part of conservation efforts, in part, because plants provide us with much of our food, construction materials, medicines and many other products.
Table of Contents
| Preface | |
| Introducing Plant Genetic Conservation | |
| Conservation of plant genetic diversity: an overview | |
| Plant biodiversity: the social, ethical and policy context | |
| The use of plants | |
| Plant Conservation Science | |
| Applied taxonomy | |
| Plant population genetics | |
| Genetic diversity and its measurement | |
| Planning and Implementing Plant Genetic Conservation | |
| Planning plant genetic conservation | |
| Conservation strategies and techniques: an overview | |
| Genetic reserve conservation | |
| On-farm conservation | |
| Community-based conservation | |
| Germplasm collecting | |
| Seed bank conservation | |
| Field gene banks and botanic gardens | |
| In vitro DNA and pollen storage | |
| Plant Exploitation | |
| Germplasm evaluation | |
| Plant breeding | |
| References | |
| Appendices | |
| Index | |
| Assignments | |
| Examination questions | |
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