Research Catalog

Title

The use of plant genetic resources / edited by A.H.D. Brown ... [et al.].

Publication

Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1989.

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Details

Additional Authors

Brown, A. H. D.

Description

x, 382 p. : ill.; 24 cm.

Subjects

• Germplasm resources, Plant
• Germplasm resources, Plant > Utilization

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Germplasm collections and the public plant breeder / K. S. Gill -- Germplasm collections and the private plant breeder / J. S. C. Smith & D. N. Duvick -- Germplasm collections and the experimental biologist / R. G. Palmer -- International use of a sorghum germplasm collection / K. E. Prasada Rao, M. H. Mengesha & V. G. Reddy -- Current use of potato collections / J. G. Th. Hermsen -- Use of collections in cereal improvement in semi-arid areas / J. P. Srivastava & A. B. Damania -- Limitations to the use of germplasm collections / D. R. Marshall -- The case for large collections / T. T. Chang -- The case for core collections / A. H. D. Brown -- The role of networks of dispersed collections / P. M. Perret -- Characterisation and evaluation of okra / S. Hamon & D. H. van Sloten -- Evaluation of cereals in Europe / G. Fischbeck -- Evaluating the germplasm of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) and wild Arachis species at ICRISAT / J. P. Moss, V. Ramanatha Rao & R. W. Gibbons -- Practical considerations relevant to effective evaluation / J. T. Williams -- Principles and strategies of evaluation / O. H. Frankel -- Collection strategies for the wild relatives of field crops / C. G. D. Chapman -- Wild relatives as sources of disease resistance / J. J. Burdon & A. M. Jarosz -- Ecological and genetic considerations in collecting and using wild relatives / G. Ladizinsky -- In vitro conservation and germplasm utilisation / L. A. Withers -- Screening for resistance to diseases / P. H. Williams -- Restriction fragments as molecular markers for germplasm evaluation and utilisation / R. Bernatsky & S. D. Tanksley -- Molecular biology and genetic resources / W. J. Peacock.

ISBN

• 0521345847
• 0521368863 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^^88012292^

OCLC

17841486

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library