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Broadening the genetic base of crop production
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Publication date: 01-2001
452 p. · Hardback
452 p. · Hardback
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This book focuses on the previously neglected interface between the
conservation of plant genetic resources and their utilization. Only
through utilization can the potential value of conserved genetic resources
be realised. However, as this book shows, much conserved germplasm has to
be subjected to long-term pre-breeding and genetic enhancement before it
can be used in plant breeding programmes. The authors explore the
rationale and approaches for such pre-breeding efforts as the basis for
broadening the genetic bases of crop production. Examples from a range of
major food crops are presented and issues analysed by leading authorities
from around the world.
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