Plant Genetic Resources

Author : Roberto Tuberosa,Andreas Graner,Emile Frison
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 710 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2013-11-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400775725

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Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources by Roberto Tuberosa,Andreas Graner,Emile Frison Pdf

Our lives and well being intimately depend on the exploitation of the plant genetic resources available to our breeding programs. Therefore, more extensive exploration and effective exploitation of plant genetic resources are essential prerequisites for the release of improved cultivars. Accordingly, the remarkable progress in genomics approaches and more recently in sequencing and bioinformatics offers unprecedented opportunities for mining germplasm collections, mapping and cloning loci of interest, identifying novel alleles and deploying them for breeding purposes. This book collects 48 highly interdisciplinary articles describing how genomics improves our capacity to characterize and harness natural and artificially induced variation in order to boost crop productivity and provide consumers with high-quality food. This book will be an invaluable reference for all those interested in managing, mining and harnessing the genetic richness of plant genetic resources.

Author : Roberto Tuberosa,Andreas Graner,Emile Frison
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 515 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2013-12-23
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400775756

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Genomics of Plant Genetic Resources by Roberto Tuberosa,Andreas Graner,Emile Frison Pdf

Our lives and well being intimately depend on the exploitation of the plant genetic resources available to our breeding programs. Therefore, more extensive exploration and effective exploitation of plant genetic resources are essential prerequisites for the release of improved cultivars. Accordingly, the remarkable progress in genomics approaches and more recently in sequencing and bioinformatics offers unprecedented opportunities for mining germplasm collections, mapping and cloning loci of interest, identifying novel alleles and deploying them for breeding purposes. This book collects 48 highly interdisciplinary articles describing how genomics improves our capacity to characterize and harness natural and artificially induced variation in order to boost crop productivity and provide consumers with high-quality food. This book will be an invaluable reference for all those interested in managing, mining and harnessing the genetic richness of plant genetic resources.

Author : Manuel Ruiz,Ronnie Vernooy
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 240 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-15
Category : Nature
ISBN : 9781136582172

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The Custodians of Biodiversity by Manuel Ruiz,Ronnie Vernooy Pdf

Globally, local and indigenous approaches to conserving biodiversity, crop improvement, and managing precious natural resources are under threat. Many communities have to deal with 'biopiracy,' for example. As well, existing laws are usually unsuitable for protecting indigenous and traditional knowledge and for recognizing collective rights, such as in cases of participatory plant breeding, where farmers, researchers and others join forces to improve existing crop varieties or develop new ones, based on shared knowledge and resources. This book addresses these issues. It outlines the national and international policy processes that are currently underway to protect local genetic resources and related traditional knowledge and the challenges these initiatives have faced. In particular these themes are addressed within the context of the Convention of Biological Diversity and the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. The authors broaden the policy and legal debates beyond the sphere of policy experts to include the knowledge-holders themselves. These are the 'custodians of biodiversity': farmers, herders and fishers in local communities. Their experience in sharing access and benefits to genetic resources is shown to be crucial for the development of effective national and international agreements. The book presents and analyzes this experience, including case studies from China, Cuba, Honduras, Jordan, Nepal, Peru and Syria. Copublished with the International Development Research Centre (IDRC).

Author : Michael Halewood,Isabel López Noriega,Sélim Louafi
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2013
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781844078929

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Crop Genetic Resources as a Global Commons by Michael Halewood,Isabel López Noriega,Sélim Louafi Pdf

Our food and livelihood security depend on the sustained management of the diverse biological resources that make up the Earth's plant genetic resources. This book is about the creation, management and use of the global crop commons, based upon the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.

Author : International Plant Genetic Resources Institute,International Development Research Centre (Canada)
Publisher : IDRC
Page : 301 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Crops
ISBN : 9780889368842

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Genes in the Field by International Plant Genetic Resources Institute,International Development Research Centre (Canada) Pdf

Genes in the Field provides an interdisciplinary foundation for an important new conservation program: maintaining biological resources of crop plants within the systems where they have evolved. The book offers a truly global vision of the on-farm conservation movement and, like no other before it, provides a comprehensive review of the issues and challenges of on-farm conservation of genetic resources. The book's chapters are written by a collection of outstanding scholars and academics from a variety of disciplines; they include biologists, agronomists, anthropologists, economists, lawyers and agricultural development specialists. Genes in the Field is truly global in scope and multidisciplinary in character. It will appeal to a large, varied and international audience. Its most general appeal will be to professionals in the fields of conservation and agricultural development, particularly those who are involved in planning or implementing conservation programs. For course work, the book will be appropriate for graduate programs in agricultural development and conservation.

Author : National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Committee on Managing Global Genetic Resources: Agricultural Imperatives
Publisher : National Academies Press
Page : 476 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1993-02-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9780309131865

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Managing Global Genetic Resources by National Research Council,Board on Agriculture,Committee on Managing Global Genetic Resources: Agricultural Imperatives Pdf

This anchor volume to the series Managing Global Genetic Resources examines the structure that underlies efforts to preserve genetic material, including the worldwide network of genetic collections; the role of biotechnology; and a host of issues that surround management and use. Among the topics explored are in situ versus ex situ conservation, management of very large collections of genetic material, problems of quarantine, the controversy over ownership or copyright of genetic material, and more.

Author : Andreas W. Ebert,Johannes M. M. Engels
Publisher : MDPI
Page : 672 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2021-06-18
Category : Science
ISBN : 9783036508948

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Plant Biodiversity and Genetic Resources by Andreas W. Ebert,Johannes M. M. Engels Pdf

The papers included in this Special Issue address a variety of important aspects of plant biodiversity and genetic resources, including definitions, descriptions, and illustrations of different components and their value for food and nutrition security, breeding, and environmental services. Furthermore, comprehensive information is provided regarding conservation approaches and techniques for plant genetic resources, policy aspects, and results of biological, genetic, morphological, economic, social, and breeding-related research activities. The complexity and vulnerability of (plant) biodiversity and its inherent genetic resources, as an integral part of the contextual ecosystem and the human web of life, are clearly demonstrated in this Special Issue, and for several encountered problems and constraints, possible approaches or solutions are presented to overcome these.

Author : Nigel Maxted,B.V. Ford-Lloyd,J.G. Hawkes
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 462 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-12-01
Category : Science
ISBN : 9789400914377

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Plant Genetic Conservation by Nigel Maxted,B.V. Ford-Lloyd,J.G. Hawkes Pdf

The recent development of ideas on biodiversity conservation was already being considered almost three-quarters of a century ago for crop plants and the wild species related to them, by the Russian geneticist N.!. Vavilov. He was undoubtedly the first scientist to understand the impor tance for humankind of conserving for utilization the genetic diversity of our ancient crop plants and their wild relatives from their centres of diversity. His collections showed various traits of adaptation to environ mental extremes and biotypes of crop diseases and pests which were unknown to most plant breeders in the first quarter of the twentieth cen tury. Later, in the 1940s-1960s scientists began to realize that the pool of genetic diversity known to Vavilov and his colleagues was beginning to disappear. Through the replacement of the old, primitive and highly diverse land races by uniform modem varieties created by plant breed ers, the crop gene pool was being eroded. The genetic diversity of wild species was equally being threatened by human activities: over-exploita tion, habitat destruction or fragmentation, competition resulting from the introduction of alien species or varieties, changes and intensification of land use, environmental pollution and possible climate change.

Author : Th. J. L. van Hintum,A. H. D. Brown,C. Spillane
Publisher : Bioversity International
Page : 51 pages
File Size : 55,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Biodiversity conservation
ISBN : 9789290434542

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Core Collections of Plant Genetic Resources by Th. J. L. van Hintum,A. H. D. Brown,C. Spillane Pdf

Author : Jan Engels,John Gregory Hawkes,M. Worede
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 404 pages
File Size : 46,6 Mb
Release : 1991-03-21
Category : Science
ISBN : 0521384567

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Plant Genetic Resources of Ethiopia by Jan Engels,John Gregory Hawkes,M. Worede Pdf

One of the world centers of crop evolution and origin, Ethiopia has long been recognized as an important area of diversity for several major and various minor crops. Based on an international conference held in Addis Ababa, this book describes how plant genetic diversity in Ethiopia is of vital importance in breeding new varieties of crops with desirable characteristics, such as increased resistance to pests and diseases and greater adaptation to heat and drought. The three main sections in the book consider the Ethiopian center of diversity, germ plasm or genetic material collection and conservation in Ethiopia, and the evaluation and utilization of Ethiopian genetic resources. A broad range of food and feed crops and plants of medicinal and industrial importance are discussed, both at a national and international level. A brief account of conservation strategies and gene bank problems unique to Ethiopia is also given. The importance of Ethiopia's plant genetic resources to world agriculture has been demonstrated on more than one occasion. Plant breeders, geneticists, and botanists throughout the world will, therefore, find this unique book a valuable source of information and an essential reference work.

Author : Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher : Food & Agriculture Org.
Page : 399 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9789251065341

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The Second Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations Pdf

Plant genetic resources provide a basis for food security, livelihood support and economic development as a major component of biodiversity. The Second Report on the State of the World’s Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture demonstrates the central role plant genetic diversity continues to play in shaping agriculture growth in the face of climate change and other environmental challenges. It is based on information gathered from Country Reports, regional syntheses, thematic studie s and scientific literature, documenting the major achievements made in this sector during the past decade and identifying the critical gaps and needs that should urgently be addressed. The Report provides the decision-makers with a technical basis for updating the Global Plan of Action on Conservation and Sustainable Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. It also aims to attract the attention of the global community to set priorities for the effective management of plant genet ic resources for the future. Purchase a print copy.

Author : Esbern Friis-Hansen,Bhuwon Ratna Sthapit
Publisher : Bioversity International
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2000
Category : Agriculture
ISBN : 9789290434443

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Participatory Approaches to the Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources by Esbern Friis-Hansen,Bhuwon Ratna Sthapit Pdf

Author : Susan Bragdon
Publisher : Bioversity International
Page : 125 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 9789290436140

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International law of relevance to plant genetic resources: a practical review for scientists and other professionals working with plant genetic resources by Susan Bragdon Pdf

History and development. The FAO global system for the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources for food and agriculture. The International treaty on plant genetic resources for dood and agriculture. The Convention on Biological Diversity. Origin and movement of OGR: implications for acess and benefit-sharing policies. The TRIPS agreement. UPOV. Phytosanitary and biosafety measures. Development and improvement of genetic resources. Cross-cutting issues. Economic issues.

Author : United States. National Plant Genetic Resources Board
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 36 pages
File Size : 46,9 Mb
Release : 1979
Category : Germplasm resources, Plant
ISBN : UCD:35555000200214

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Plant Genetic Resources by United States. National Plant Genetic Resources Board Pdf

Author : Christine Frison,Francisco Lopez,Jose Esquinas-Alcazar
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 362 pages
File Size : 51,8 Mb
Release : 2012-06-25
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781136536830

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Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security by Christine Frison,Francisco Lopez,Jose Esquinas-Alcazar Pdf

The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) is a pivotal piece of recent legislation, providing a route map for the use of such resources for sustainable agriculture and food security. Plant Genetic Resources and Food Security explains clearly the different interests and views at stake between all players in the global food chain. It touches upon many issues such as international food governance and policy, economic aspects of food and seed trade, conservation and sustainable use of food and agricultural biodiversity, hunger alleviation, ecological concerns, consumers' protection, fairness and equity between nations and generations, plant breeding techniques and socio-economic benefits related to food local economies. The book shows that despite the conflicting interests at stake, players managed to come to an agreement on food and agriculture for the sake of food security and hunger alleviation in the world. Published with the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations and with Bioversity International.