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Genes in the field : on-farm conservation of crop diversity /
The diversity of crop plants is one of our most important biological resources, and the most important source of crop genes are the fields of peasant farmers in regions where crop domestication and evolution have occurred. Today, however, crop genes are threatened by social and technological change...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Rome [Ont.] :
International Plant Genetic Resources Centre : International Development Research Centre,
©2000.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword; Chapter 1. The issues of in situ conservation of crop genetic resources; Chapter 2. The genetic structure of crop landraces and the challenge to conserve them in situ on farms; Chapter 3. Barley landraces from the Fertile Crescent: a lesson for plant breeders; Chapter 4. The barleys of Ethiopia; Chapter 5. Traditional management of seed and genetic diversity: what is a landrace?; Chapter 6. Keeping diversity alive: an Ethiopian perspective; Chapter 7. Optimal genetic resource conservation: in situ and ex situ; Chapter 8. The Cultures of the Seed in the Peruvian Andes.