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Biodiversity in Trust

Biodiversity in Trust

Biodiversity in Trust

Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources in CGIAR Centres
Dominic Fuccillo, University of Arkansas
Linda Sears, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome
Paul Stapleton, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome
September 2007
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    The Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) is an association of agricultural research centres which together represent an important force in genetic conservation of crops and their wild relatives. Under the CGIAR umbrella, the centres are collectively custodians of international genetic resource collections for crops that provide 75 per cent of the world's food energy. This volume considers the status of the key collections, in each case providing details of the botany, distribution and agronomy of the species concerned, in addition to extensive information on germplasm conservation and use. The book presents a unique synthesis of knowledge drawn from the CGIAR centres, providing an invaluable source of reference for all those concerned with monitoring, maintaining and utilizing the biodiversity of our staple crop species.

    • A summary of the genebank collections of a major international agricultural organization
    • Gives extensive information for over twenty key crop species
    • An important source of reference for all those concerned with monitoring, maintaining and utilizing crop biodiversity

    Reviews & endorsements

    '… a recent, important snapshot of gene banking activities at CGIAR Centres. As such it is a handbook that should be used by agricultural students and scientists beginning research into biodiversity conservation, plant breeding or general plant-based systems.' Dean Spanner, Trends in Plant Science

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    Product details

    September 2007
    Paperback
    9780521596534
    388 pages
    242 × 167 × 20 mm
    0.616kg
    26 b/w illus. 50 tables
    Available

    Table of Contents

    • Preface
    • Contributors
    • Acronyms
    • 1. Cassava M. Bonierbale, C. Guevara, A. G. O. Dixon, N. Q. Ng, R Asiedu and S. Y. C. Ng
    • 2. The potato Z. Huamán, A. Golmirzaie and W. Amoros
    • 3. Sweetpotato Z. Huamán and D.P. Zhang
    • 4. Other Andean roots and tubers C. Arbizu, Z. Huamán and A. Golmirzaie
    • 5. Yams R. Asiedu, N. M. Wanyera, S. Y. C. Ng and N. Q. Ng
    • 6. Bananas and plantain J.-P. Horry, R. Ortiz, E. Arnaud, J. H. Crouch, R. S. B. Ferris, D. R. Jones, N. Mateo, C. Picq and D. Vuylsteke
    • 7. Cowpea N. Q. Ng and B. B. Singh
    • 8. Chickpea K. B. Singh, R. P. S. Pundir, L. D. Robertson, H. A. van Rheenen, U. Singh, T. J. Kelley, P. Parthasarathy Rao, C. Johansen and N. P. Saxena
    • 9. Groundnut A. K. Singh and S. N. Nigam
    • 10. Lentil L. D. Robertson and W. Erskine
    • 11. Phaseolus beans R. Hidalgo and S. Beebe
    • 12. Pigeonpea P. Remanandan and L. Singh
    • 13. Faba bean L. D. Robertson
    • 14. Soyabean K. Dashiell and C. Fatokun
    • 15. Barley J. Valkoun, S. Ceccarelli and J. Konopka
    • 16. Maize, tripsacum and teosinte Suketoshi Taba, Julien Berthaud, Yves Savidan, Marc Barré and Olivier Leblanc
    • 17. Pearl millet K. N. Rai, S. Appa Rao and K. N. Reddy
    • 18. Small millets K. E. Prasada Rao and J. M. J. de Wet
    • 19. Rice M. T. Jackson, G. C. Loresto, S. Appa Rao, M.Jones, E. P. Guimaraes and N. Q. Ng
    • 20. Sorghum J. W. Stenhouse, K. E. Prasada Rao, V. Gopal Reddy and S. Appa Rao
    • 21. Wheat H. J. Dubin, R. A. Fischer, A. Mujeeb-Kazi, R. J. Peña, K. D. Sayre, B. Skovmand and J. Valkoun
    • 22. Forages B. L. Maass, J. Hanson, L. D. Robertson, P. C. Kerridge and A. M. Abd El Moneim
    • Index.
      Contributors
    • M. Bonierbale, C. Guevara, A. G. O. Dixon, N. Q. Ng, R Asiedu, S. Y. C. Ng, Z. Huamán, A. Golmirzaie, W. Amoros, D. P. Zhang, C. Arbizu, N. M. Wanyera, J-P. Horry, R. Ortiz, E. Arnaud, J. H. Crouch, R. S. B. Ferris, D. R. Jones, N. Mateo, C. Picq, D. Vuylsteke, B. B. Singh, K. B. Singh, R. P. S. Pundir, L. D. Robertson, H. A. van Rheenen, U. Singh, T. J. Kelley, P. Parthasarathy Rao, C. Johansen, N. P. Saxena, A. K. Singh, S. N. Nigam, W. Erskine, R. Hidalgo, S. Beebe, P. Remanandan, L. Singh, K. Dashiell, C. Fatokun, J. Valkoun, S. Ceccarelli, J. Konopka, S. Taba, J. Berthaud, Y. Savidan, M. Barré, O. Leblanc, K. N. Rai, S. Appa Rao, K. N. Reddy, K. E. Prasada Rao, J. M. J. de Wet, M. T. Jackson, G. C. Loresto, M. Jones, E. P. Guimaraes, J. W. Stenhouse, V. Gopal Reddy, H. J. Dubin, R. A. Fischer, A. Mujeeb-Kazi, R. J. Peña, K. D. Sayre, B. Skovmand, J. Valkoun, B. L. Maass, J. Hanson, P. C. Kerridge, A. M. Abd El Moneim

    • Editors
    • Dominic Fuccillo , University of Arkansas
    • Linda Sears , International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome
    • Paul Stapleton , International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome