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Author Staff, National Research Council

Title Agricultural Crop Issues and Policies
Published Washington : National Academies Press, 1994

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Description 1 online resource (475 pages)
Contents MANAGING GLOBAL GENETIC RESOURCES; Copyright; Preface; Acknowledgements; Contents; Executive Summary; AN AGRICULTURAL ENDOWMENT; THE NEED FOR GENETIC RESOURCES; ACCESSING GENETIC RESOURCES; The Role of Science and Technology; In Situ or Ex Situ Conservation?; Managing the Numbers; Describing Collections; Regeneration: Essential but Overlooked; The Role of Biotechnology; Exchange and Ownership; Quarantine; Ownership; BUILDING COOPERATION; National Programs; International Cooperation; LOOKING TO THE FUTURE: RECOMMENDATIONS; Managing Crop Vulnerability; Management and Use
Technology Development and ResearchPolicy and Politics; Institutions; Multilevel Collaborations on Genetic Conservation; An Overview of Genetic Resources Management; THE IMPORTANCE OF GERMPLASM; THE ORIGINS OF CONSERVATION; THE USEFULNESS OF GERMPLASM; THE THREAT OF GENETIC VULNERABILITY; EMERGENCE OF GLOBAL CONCERNS; DISSENTING VIEWS; THE PROBLEM OF ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MICROORGANISM COLLECTIONS; PART I BASIC SCIENCE ISSUES; 1 Genetic Vulnerability and Crop Diversity; WHAT IS GENETIC VULNERABILITY?; Critical Factors and Assumptions; The Role of Uniformity; The Role of Monoculture
The Role of EnvironmentMeasuring Genetic Vulnerability; PLANT, PATHOGEN, PEST, AND ENVIRONMENTAL RELATIONSHIPS; Evolutionary Nature of the Relationship; Types of Relationships; Evolution of Major Pathogens; Minor Pathogen Enhancement; Environmental Enhancement of Pathogen Effects; Varieties Vulnerable in New Regions; Varieties Vulnerable to Exotic Pathogens; Agronomically Related Vulnerability; Change in Vulnerability to Discounted Pests; BREEDING STRATEGIES AND THEIR IMPACT ON GENETIC DIVERSITY; Genetic Diversity in Primitive and Modern Varieties
Germplasm Varietal Development and VulnerabilityGains in Productivity; Vulnerability and Varietal Replacement Over Time; Alternative Strategies to Enhance Diversity and Increase Stability; VULNERABILITY AND CROP DIVERSITY SINCE 1970; Dry Beans; Wheat; Maize; Rice; Minor Crops; Genetic Vulnerability Today; RECOMMENDATIONS; 2 Crop Diversity: Institutional Responses; GERMPLASM COLLECTION AND CONSERVATION WORLDWIDE; Role of IBPGR in Catalyzing Collection and Conservation; Germplasm Banks Worldwide; Evaluation; IBPGR Interactions with the IARCs; Interactions with National Programs
Roles of Other International AgenciesDEVELOPMENT OF INTERNATIONAL CROP BREEDING PROGRAMS; Progress with Legumes, Root Crops, and Vegetables; Nurseries and the Enhancement of Exotic Germplasm; Networks and Interactions with National Programs; Concerns; GLOBAL IMPACT OF ACTIVITIES IN THE UNITED STATES; Changes in the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System; Impact of Plant Varietal Protection and Patents; Genetic Diversity and Germplasm Exchange; International Impact; Changing Public and Private Sector Roles; The Decline of Public Sector Breeding Programs
Notes The Growth of Private Sector Breeding Programs
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Subject Crops -- Germplasm resources -- Management
Germplasm resources, Plant -- Management
Crops -- Germplasm resources -- Management.
Germplasm resources, Plant -- Management.
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780309598262
0309598265