Agricultural Crop Issues and Policies.
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Washington :
National Academies Press,
1994
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Table of 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.
