Plant genetic resources : a review of current research and future trends / edited by M. Ehsan Dulloo.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan, editor.

Series:

Burleigh Dodds series in agricultural science ; 100.

Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science ; 100

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Germplasm resources, Plant.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (347 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, UK ; Philadelphia, PA, USA : Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited, 2021.

Summary:

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Half-Title

Series

Title

Copyright

Contents

Series list

Foreword

Acknowledgements

Introduction

Part 1 Importance and value of conservation and use of plant genetic diversity

1 Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture for sustainable development

1 Introduction

2 Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA): a common concern for all countries

3 International agreements supporting the global system on PGRFA

4 Global instruments supporting the global system on PGRFA

5 Global mechanisms supporting the global system on PGRFA

6 Codes of conduct and standards supporting the global system on PGRFA

7 The conservation of PGRFA

8 Pre-breeding and conservation of PGRFA

9 Plant breeding techniques to introduce desirable traits from PGRFA

10 Seed delivery systems

11 Conclusion

12 Where to look for further information

13 References

2 Valuing plant genetic resources in genebanks Past, present and future

2 Past research on genebanks

3 Current research on genebanks

4 Future trends in research

5 Conclusion

6 Where to look for further information

7 References

3 Monitoring plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

2 Monitoring species diversity

3 Monitoring varietal diversity

4 Monitoring genetic diversity

5 Targets and indicators framework for monitoring genetic diversity

6 Conclusion and future trends in research

7 Where to look for further information

8 References

4 Improving the global exchange of germplasm for crop breeding

2 Exchange of germplasm for crop breeding: what are we talking about?

3 Opening the black box of collaborations in plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

4 The germplasm exchange fallacies

5 Conclusion.

6 Where to look for further information

Part 2 Protecting plant genetic diversity: in-situ and on-farm strategies

5 Key steps in conservation and use of plant genetic resources an overview

2 A model of plant genetic conservation and use

3 Conservation planning

4 Conservation: strategies and techniques

5 Conservation into utilization

6 Conclusion

6 Key issues facing genebanks in preserving crop genetic diversity ex situ overview of the range of challenges

2 Issues for the composition of ex situ collections

3 Issues for routine operations for conservation

4 Issues for use of conserved genetic resources

7 Techniques and key issues in collecting crop wild relatives

2 Targeting species and regions for collecting

3 Identifying target CWR taxa successfully in the field

4 Understanding seed development, ripening and dispersal

5 Collecting seed at the correct time

6 Assessing seed quality and quantity

7 Sampling genetic diversity effectively from populations

8 Techniques for collecting and post-harvest handling

9 Future research directions

10 Where to look for further information

11 Acknowledgements

12 References

8 New technologies to improve the ex situ conservation of plant genetic resources

2 Improving the management of orthodox seeds

3 Improving the management of recalcitrant-seeded and vegetatively propagated species

4 Conclusion and future trends

5 Where to look for further information

6 References

9 The role of the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in preserving crop genetic diversity

1 Introduction.

2 Storing seeds in the Arctic: establishing the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

3 The Seed Vault in a global context

4 The Seed Vault facility and its operation

5 Case study: the ICARDA withdrawal and re-deposit programme

Part 3 Enhancing conservation and use of plant genetic diversity

10 Community-based conservation of crop genetic resources

2 Autonomous community-based conservation

3 Exogenous incentives for community-based conservation

4 Monitoring community-based conservation

5 Summary and future research outlook

11 Participatory plant breeding programs to optimize use of crop genetic resources

2 Methodologies to assess variety preference

3 Participatory plant breeding based on traditional/local varieties

4 Challenges and limitations

5 Summary

12 Seed systems and diversity

2 Seed systems and diversity in farmers' fields

3 Supporting diversity in farmers' seed systems

4 Supporting diversity in formal seed systems

5 Policies and regulations

6 Future trends in research

7 Conclusions

8 Where to look for further information

9 References

13 DNA-based screening of Brassica germplasm for sustainable and enhanced crop production

2 Management and conservation of Brassica germplasm

3 Sustainable management of resistance to biotic stress

4 Sustainable management of resistance to abiotic stresses

5 Enhancing yield and nutritional related traits

6 Conclusion and future trends

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-78676-454-7

1-78676-453-9

OCLC:

1247673095