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"This collection addresses the challenges of maintaining and benefitting from plant genetic diversity. Part 1 assesses ways of valuing and monitoring plant genetic diversity. Part 2 discusses advances in in-situ and ex-situ strategies for conserving plant genetic diversity. The final section reviews ways of enhancing the use of plant genetic diversity for a more sustainable agriculture."--
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Biological diversity is as crucial in agriculture as it is in nature, and it is equally important to the economic health of both industrial and nonindustrial societies. This book offers a sweeping assessment of crop diversity and the potential for its preservation. Stephen B. Brush develops a framework for investigating biological diversity in agriculture that focuses on the knowledge and practice of farmers, and he shows how this human ecology perspective can be applied to three global issues that affect crop resources. Brush defines the dimensions of crop diversity and outlines the essential questions surrounding it. He describes the techniques used to maintain diversity in major crops of three cradles of agriculture in which he has worked: potatoes in the Peruvian Andes, maize in Mexico, and wheat in Turkey. Finally, he explores the policy issues surrounding genetic erosion of crop varieties, conservation of crop diversity, and ownership of genetic resources.
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Germplasm resources, Plant. --- Plant diversity conservation. --- Conservation of plant diversity --- Plant diversity --- Biodiversity conservation --- Plant conservation --- Conservation of plant genetic resources --- Conservation of plant germplasm resources --- Plant genetic resources --- Plant germplasm resources --- Plants, Cultivated --- Germplasm resources --- Conservation
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Germplasm resources, Plant. --- Germplasm resources, Animal. --- Animal genetic resources --- Animal germplasm resources --- Germplasm resources --- Conservation of plant genetic resources --- Conservation of plant germplasm resources --- Plant genetic resources --- Plant germplasm resources --- Plants, Cultivated
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Germplasm resources, Plant. --- Buckwheat. --- Fagopyrum emarginatum --- Fagopyrum esculentum --- Fagopyrum sagittatum --- Fagopyrum vulgare --- Polygonum fagopyrum --- Fagopyrum --- Conservation of plant genetic resources --- Conservation of plant germplasm resources --- Plant genetic resources --- Plant germplasm resources --- Plants, Cultivated --- Germplasm resources
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Plant diversity conservation. --- Germplasm resources, Plant. --- Plant diversity conservation --- Germplasm resources, Plant --- 574.472 --- 575.22 --- Conservation of plant genetic resources --- Conservation of plant germplasm resources --- Plant genetic resources --- Plant germplasm resources --- Plants, Cultivated --- Germplasm resources --- Conservation of plant diversity --- Plant diversity --- Biodiversity conservation --- Plant conservation --- Biodiversity --- Genotypic variation. Genotype --- Conservation --- CON Bioconservation --- biodiversity --- 575.22 Genotypic variation. Genotype --- 574.472 Biodiversity
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Germplasm resources, Plant. --- Grain. --- Breadstuffs --- Cereal grains --- Cereals --- Grains --- Botany, Economic --- Field crops --- Flour --- Food --- Food crops --- Seed crops --- Conservation of plant genetic resources --- Conservation of plant germplasm resources --- Plant genetic resources --- Plant germplasm resources --- Plants, Cultivated --- Germplasm resources --- Grain --- Genetics --- Breeding --- Grain - Genetics --- Grain - Breeding
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Contributed papers presented at one-day workshop held at the IV SABRAO Congress in Kuala Lumpur, May 1981.
Ressource génétique --- genetic resources --- Amélioration des plantes --- Plant breeding --- Germplasm resources, Plant --- -Plant breeding --- -631.523.11 --- Crops --- Agriculture --- Breeding --- Conservation of plant genetic resources --- Conservation of plant germplasm resources --- Plant genetic resources --- Plant germplasm resources --- Plants, Cultivated --- Germplasm resources --- Genes. Germplasm --- 631.523.11 Genes. Germplasm --- 631.523.11
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The world is on the verge of receiving new life forms that will profoundly and irrevocably change the global economy: the "gene hunters" who first cloned the gene in 1973 are now not only modifying existing species but also creating new plants and animals. Ready or not for such awesome power, the human race has put itself in a position to govern evolution. What will we do with the abilities we now command? asks this broad and stimulating book on the role of plant material in economic development. Writing in a style that is easily understandable even to those with no background in biotechnology, Calestous Juma begins by showing how the importation of plants strengthened the British Empire and brought the United States to global agricultural superiority. He goes on to explore the current international competition for genetic material and the potential impact of biotechnology on the relationship of the developed and developing world. Juma points out that biotechnology poses real dangers to the third world. Often one of the few exportable resources that a developing country possesses is an unusual or rare crop, but biotechnological techniques make possible the cultivation of many such crops outside their natural habitats, potentially eliminating the need to import the crops from the countries in which they grow indigenously. After discussing the threat of biotechnology, Juma comes full circle and points out that it does not have to be a threat. Actually, tremendous benefits could accrue to the third world from biotechnology--if and only if that new technology is adapted to its needs.Originally published in 1989.The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.
Plant biotechnology --- Germplasm resources, Plant --- Forecasting --- Utilization --- Developing countries --- Economic policy. --- E-books --- Conservation of plant genetic resources --- Conservation of plant germplasm resources --- Plant genetic resources --- Plant germplasm resources --- Plants, Cultivated --- Germplasm resources --- Crop biotechnology --- Crops --- Plants --- Agricultural biotechnology --- Biotechnology --- BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Industries / General. --- Forecasting.
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Plant varieties --- Plants, Cultivated --- Germplasm resources, Plant. --- Biodiversity conservation. --- Biodiversity --- Biological diversity conservation --- Conservation of biodiversity --- Diversity conservation, Biological --- Gender mainstreaming in biodiversity conservation --- Maintenance of biological diversity --- Preservation of biological diversity --- Conservation of natural resources --- Ecosystem management --- Conservation of plant genetic resources --- Conservation of plant germplasm resources --- Plant genetic resources --- Plant germplasm resources --- Germplasm resources --- Plant patents --- Plants --- Plant variety protection --- Protection. --- Conservation
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