Research Catalog

Title

Genetic diversity of cultivated tropical plants / scientific editors, Perla Hamon ... [et al.].

Publication

Enfield, NH : Science Publishers ; France : CIRAD, c2003.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Hamon, Perla
• CIRAD (Organization)

Description

xvi, 359 p. : ill., maps; 25 cm.

Summary

"It was in the 1960s that the scientific community first became aware of the threat that disruption of natural environments posed to the germplasm of numerous cultivated species. It began working to collect that germplasm, and a multitude of collections were set up worldwide. These collections are now so large that they are proving difficult to maintain and characterize, and their management has become a crucial issue. Germplasm conservation, evaluation, and use all need to be rethought." "This work goes some way towards answering questions on the basis of a study of the genetic diversity of eleven tropical plants. Three methodological chapters - on biochemical and molecular markers, data analysis, and setting up core collections - complement the study."--BOOK JACKET.

Uniform Title

Diversité génétique des plantes tropicales cultivées. English.

Subjects

• Plant breeding > Tropics
• Crops > Tropics > Genetics
• Tropical crops > Genetics

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Biochemical and molecular markers / Laurent Grivet and Jean-Louis Noyer -- Methods of data analysis / Xavier Perrier, Albert Flori and Francois Bonnot -- A method for building core collections / Michel Noirot, Francois Anthony, Stephane Dussert and Serge Hamon -- Asian rice / Jean-Christophe Glaszmann, Laurent Grivet, Brigitte Courtois, Jean-Louis Noyer, Claude Luce, Michel Jacquot, Laurence Albar, Alain Ghesquiere and Gerard Second -- Banana / Christophe Jenny, Francoise Carreel, Kodjo Tomekpe, Xavier Perrier, Cecile Dubois, Jean-Pierre Horry and Hugues Tezenas du Montcel -- Cacao / Claire Lanaud, Juan-Carlos Motamayor and Olivier Sounigo -- Cassava / Gerard Second, Jean-Pierre Raffaillac and Carlos Colombo -- Citrus / Patrick Ollitrault, Camille Jacquemond, Cecile Dubois and Francois Luro -- Coconut / Patricia Lebrun, Yavo-Pierre N'cho, Roland Bourdeix and Luc Baudouin -- Coffee (Coffea canephora) / Stephane Dussert, Philippe Lashermes, Francois Anthony, Christophe Montagnon, Pierre Trouslot, Marie-Christine Combes, Julien Berthaud, Michel Noirot and Serge Hamon -- Pearl millet / Gilles Bezancon -- Rubber tree (Hevea brasiliensis) / Marc Seguin, Albert Flori, Hyacinthe Legnate and Andre Clement-Demange -- Sorghum / Monique Deu, Perla Hamon, Francois Bonnot and Jacques Chantereau -- Sugarcane / Jean-Christophe Glaszmann, Nazeema Jannoo, Laurent Grivet and Angelique D'Hont.

ISBN

• 1578082641
• 2876145413

LCCN

2002042940

OCLC

• ocm51203670
• SCSB-4810603

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries