Robert Prescott-Allen, Christine Prescott-Allen

Genes from the Wild

Using Wild Genetic Resources for Food and Raw Materials

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Genes from the Wild describes the growing contribution of wild genetic resources to the production of food and raw materials, describes their characteristics, explains the benefits and problems of using them and outlines the ways in which they are threatened and the measures being taken to conserve them.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: CRC Press
• Seitenzahl: 116
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. April 2018
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 155mm x 232mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 210g
• ISBN-13: 9781138928800
• ISBN-10: 1138928801
• Artikelnr.: 42413487

Autorenporträt

Authored by Prescott-Allen, Robert ; Prescott-Allen, Christine

Inhaltsangabe

Contents
1. The Oldest Resource; the Newest Resource
Some Definitions
2. What have Wild Genetic Resources been Used for?
Cereals
Root Crops
Oil Crops
Vegetables and Pulses
Fruits and Nuts
Sugar Crops
Commodity Crops
Fibre Crops
Timber
Forage Crops
Livestock
Aquaculture
3. The Nature of Wild Genetic Resources
Benefits of Wild Genetic Resources
What Kinds of Wild Species are Used?
The Future of Wild Genetic Resources
4. Where are Wild Genes Found? And Who Uses them?
Who has got them? And Who Benefits?
5. Threats to Wild Genetic Resources
Cereals
Root Crops
Oil Crops
Vegetables and Pulses
Fruits and Nuts
Sugar Crops
Commodity Crops
Fibre Crops
Timber
Forage Crops
Livestock
Aquaculture
6. Conservation of Wild Genetic Resources
In Situ Gene Banks
The Difficulties
References