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Genes in the field : on-farm conservation of crop diversity / edited by Stephen B. Brush.

Title
Genes in the field : on-farm conservation of crop diversity / edited by Stephen B. Brush.
Publication
Rome, Italy : International Plant Genetic Resources Institute ; Ottawa, Canada : International Development Research Centre ; Boca Raton, FL : Lewis Publishers, c2000.

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Additional Authors
  • Brush, Stephen B., 1943-
  • International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
  • International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Description
288 p. : ill., maps; 24 cm.
Subject
  • Crops > Germplasm resources
  • Germplasm resources, Plant
  • Germplasm resources conservation
  • Cultures > Ressources génétiques
  • Cultures > Génie génétique
  • Plantes > Ressources génétiques
  • Diversité végétale > Conservation
  • Germplasm resources conservation
Genre/Form
Electronic books.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Foreword / Cary Fowler, Geoffrey C. Hawtin and Toby Hodgkin -- Sect. I. Introduction and overview -- Ch. 1. issues of in situ conservation of crop genetic resources / Stephen B. Brush -- Sect. II. Population biology and social science -- Ch. 2. genetic structure of crop landraces and the challenge to conserve them in situ on farms / Anthony H.D. Brown -- Sect. III. Case studies -- Ch. 3. Barley landraces from the Fertile Crescent: a lesson for plant breeders / Salvatore Ceccarelli and Stefania Grando -- Ch. 4. barleys of Ethiopia / Zemede Asfaw -- Ch. 5. Traditional management of seed and genetic diversity: what is a landrace? / Dominique Louette -- Ch. 6. Keeping diversity alive: an Ethiopian perspective / Melaku Worede, Tesfaye Tesemma and Regassa Feyissa -- Sect. IV. Policy and institutional issues -- Ch. 7. Optimal genetic resource conservation: in situ and ex situ / Timothy Swanson and Timo Goeschl -- Ch. 8. Cultures of the Seed in the Peruvian Andes / Tirso A. Gonzales -- Ch. 9. On-farm conservation of crop diversity: policy and institutional lessons from Zimbabwe / Elizabeth Cromwell and Saskia van Oosterhout -- Ch. 10. In situ conservation and intellectual property rights / Carlos M. Correa -- Ch. 11. Farmer decision making and genetic diversity: linking multidisciplinary research to implementation on-farm / Devra Jarvis and Toby Hodgkin.
ISBN
  • 0889368848 (International Development Research Centre)
  • 1566704057 (Lewis Publishers : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^^99044933^
OCLC
  • 42290516
  • SCSB-10522662
Owning Institutions
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