Crop Genetic Resources for Today and Tomorrow

Herausgeber: Frankel, O. H.; Hawkes, J. G.

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This 1975 book examines one of the world's fastest disappearing natural resources - the invaluable reservoir of genetic variability in cultivated plants.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 514
• Erscheinungstermin: 6. Dezember 2010
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 30mm
• Gewicht: 826g
• ISBN-13: 9780521179706
• ISBN-10: 052117970X
• Artikelnr.: 32302034

Inhaltsangabe

List of contributors; 1. Genetic resources - the past ten years and the
next O. H. Frankel and J. G. Hawkes; Part I. Genetic Variation in Plant
Populations: 2. Population structure and the effects of breeding system S.
K. Jain; 3. Population structure and the effects of isolation and selection
A. D. Bradshaw; 4. Optimum sampling strategies in genetic conservation D.
R. Marshall and A. H. D. Brown; 5. Sampling germplasm in a center of
diversity: an example of disease resistance in Ethiopian barley C. O.
Qualset; Part II. Exploration; Section 1. Exploration Targets: 6. Genetic
resources survey as a basis for exploration O. H. Frankel; Section 2.
Practical Problems in Exploration: 7. Seed crops J. R. Harlan; 8.
Vegetatively propagated crops J. G. Hawkes; 9. Tree crops J. T. Sykes;
Section 3. National and Regional Exploration Activities: 10. Recent plant
exploration in the USA H. L. Hyland; 11. Plant exploration in the USSR D.
D. Brezhnev; 12. Recent and proposed exploration activities of the Izmir
Centre, Turkey H. A. Sencer; 13. Exploration and survey in rice T. T.
Chang; 14. Potato collecting expeditions in Chile, Bolivia and Peru, and
the genetic erosion of indigenous cultivars C. Ochoa; 15. Recent cocoa
collecting expeditions J. Soria; Part III. Evaluation Problems: 16. The
search for disease and insect resistance in rice germplasm T. T. Chang, S.
H. Ou, M. D. Pathak, K. C. Ling and H. E. Kauffman; 17. Evaluation of
sources of disease resistance A. Dinoor; 18. Evaluation of material for
frost and drought resistance in wheat breeding V. F. Dorofeev; 19. The
identification of high-quality protein variants and their use in crop plant
improvement D. E. Alexander; 20. Screening for oils and fats in plants G.
Röbbelen; 21. Secondary metabolites and crop plants R. Henauer; Part IV.
Conservation and Storage: 22. Problems of long-term storage of seed and
pollen for genetic resources conservation E. H. Roberts; 23. Genetic
maintenance of seeds in imbibed storage T. A. Villiers; 24. Some factors
contributing to the survival of crop seeds cooled to the temperature of
liquid nitrogen A. Sakai and M. Noshiro; 25. Meristem culture techniques
for the long-term storage of cultivated plants G. Morel; 26. The problem of
genetic stability in plant tissue and cell cultures F. D'Amato; 27.
Technical aspects of tissue culture storage for genetic conservation G. G.
Henshaw; 28. Possible long-term cold storage of woody plant material B. H.
Howard; 29. The storage of germplasm of tropical roots and tubers in the
vegetative form F. W. Martin; 30. Genetic reserves S. K. Jain; Part V.
Documentation and Information Management: 31. Documentation for genetic
resources centers D. J. Rogers, B. Snoad and L. Seidewitz; 32.
Documentation and information requirements for genetic resources
application G. N. Hersh and D. J. Rogers; Part VI. Genetic Resources
Centres: 33. Crop germplasm diversity and resources in Ethiopia M. H.
Mengesha; 34. A regional plan for the collection, conservation and
evaluation of genetic resources E. Kjellqvist; 35. IRRI's role as a genetic
resources center T. T. Chang, R. L. Villareal, G. Loresto and A. T. Perez;
36. Maize germplasm banks in the Western Hemisphere W. L. Brown; 37.
Genetic resources centres - a co-operative global network O. H. Frankel;
Index.