Enhancing crop genepool use : capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement / Edited by Nigel Maxted, M. Ehsan Dulloo, Brian V. Ford-Lloyd.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Ford-Lloyd, Brian, editor.

Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan, editor.

Maxted, Nigel, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Crop improvement.

Crops--Genetics.

Crops.

Germplasm resources, Plant.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (625 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxfordshire, England ; Boston, Massachusetts : CABI, [2016]

Summary:

Based on the international conference 'Enhanced Genepool Utilization: Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement', this book addresses all aspects of utilization and conservation of crop wild relative (CWR) and landrace (LR) diversity for crop improvement.

Contents:

Intro

Half Title

Title

Copyright

Contents

Dedication

Contributors

'ENHANCED GENEPOOL UTILIZATION - Capturing wild relative and landrace diversity for crop improvement' 16-20 June 2014 - Cambridge, UK

Preface

Acknowledgements

1 Using Phenomics and Genomics to Unlock Landrace and Wild Relative Diversity for Crop Improvement

2 Pre-domesticating Wild Relatives as New Sources of Novel Genetic Diversity

3 Unravelling Quinoa Domestication with Wild Ancestors

4 Screening Wild Vigna Species and Cowpea (Vigna unguiculata) Landraces for Sources of Resistance to Striga gesnerioides

5 Wild Lactuca saligna: A Rich Source of Variation for Lettuce Breeding

6 Capturing Wild Relative and Landrace Diversity for Crop Improvement Using a New Selection Tool to Exploit Genetic Resources in Durum Wheat (Triticum durum Desf.)

7 How the Focused Identification of Germplasm Strategy (FIGS) is Used to Mine Plant Genetic Resources Collections for Adaptive Traits

8 Predictive Characterization Methods for Accessing and Using CWR Diversity

9 Keeping a Finger on the Pulse: Monitoring the Use of CWR in Crop Improvement

10 Joining Up the Dots: A Systematic Perspective of Crop Wild Relative Conservation and Use

11 Europe's Crop Wild Relative Diversity: From Conservation Planning to Conservation Action

12 An Approach for In Situ Gap Analysis and Conservation Planning on a Global Scale

13 The Distributions and Ex Situ Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives: A Global Approach

14 National Strategies for the Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives

15 Crop Wild Relatives: A Priority in Jordan? Developing a National Strategy for the Conservation of Plant Diversity in Jordan Using a Participatory Approach

16 Establishing Systematic Crop Wild Relative Conservation in the UK.

17 Optimized Site Selection for the In Situ Conservation of Forage CWR: A Combination of Community- and Genetic-level Perspectives

18 Developing a Crop Wild Relative Conservation Strategy for Finland

19 Developing a National Crop Wild Relative In Situ Conservation Strategy for Lithuania: Creation of a National CWR Inventory and its Prioritization

20 Priorities for the Conservation of Crop Wild Relatives at the Indian National Genebank

21 Strategies for Detecting Climate Adaptations in Wild Pearl Millet for Future Breeding Use

22 Assessment of the Conservation Status of Mesoamerican Crop Species and Their Wild Relatives in Light of Climate Change

23 Landrace Conservation of Maize in Mexico: an Evolutionary Breeding Interpretation

24 Use of Spontaneous Sexually Produced New Landraces of a Vegetatively Propagated Crop of the Andes (Oxalis tuberosa Mol.) to Enhance In Situ Conservation

25 A Long-term Systematic Monitoring Framework for On-farm Conserved Potato Landrace Diversity

26 A European In Situ (On-farm) Conservation and Management Strategy for Landraces

27 Using Landraces in Agriculture, Food and Cooking: Experiences Around a Large City in Southern Europe

28 Hungarian Strategies for the Conservation of Crop Wild Relative and Landrace Diversity

29 Assessment of Italian Landrace Density and Species Richness: Useful Criteria for Developing In Situ Conservation Strategies

30 Chickpea Wild Relatives and Landraces of Georgia

31 Landrace Inventories and Recommendations for In Situ Conservation in Finland

32 Community Biodiversity Management (CBM): A Participatory Methodology that Integrates Empowerment, Livelihoods and On-farm Management of Agrobiodiversity

33 Evolutionary Plant Breeding: A Method for Rapidly Increasing On-farm Biodiversity to Support Sustainable Livelihoods in an Era of Climate Change.

34 Value Chain Development: A Silver Bullet for Agrobiodiversity Conservation and Use?

35 Moving Slowly Towards the Light: A Review of Efforts to Create a Global System for PGRFA Over the Last Half-century

36 On the Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources in Europe: A Stakeholder Analysis

37 Towards an Improved European Plant Germplasm System

38 Impact of the Genetic Resources Policy Landscape on Food Security: An Assessment of the Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights Programme

39 What Do We Have To Lose? Monitoring Crop Genetic Diversity

40 Improved Utilization of Crop Diversity for Rationalized Breeding Using Data Interoperability

41 Implementation of a PGR Global Documentation System in Portugal

42 The GRIN Taxonomy Crop Wild Relative Inventory

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78064-836-7

1-78064-614-3