Conserving plant genetic diversity in protected areas : population management of crop wild relatives /

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2008.
• Subjects: Germplasm resources, Plant.; Crops > Germplasm resources.; Germplasm resources conservation.; Plant diversity conservation.; Plant Breeding and Genetics.; Biological Resources (Plant); Genetic diversity.; Genetic variation.; Genotypes.; Habitats.; In situ conservation.; Plant density.; Plant genetic resources.; Species richness.; Wild relatives.; Electronic books.
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This book comprises 7 chapters discussing the genetic diversity conservation in protected areas and the management of wild relatives. Some topics covered were: genetic reserve management, location and design; plant population monitoring methods for in situ conservation of wild relatives; habitat rec...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction : the integration of PGR conservation with protected area management / N. Maxted, J.M. Iriondo, M.E. Dulloo and A. Lane
• Genetic reserve location and design / M.E. Dulloo, J. Labokas, J.M. Iriondo, N. Maxted, A. Lane, E. Laguna, A. Jarvis and S.P. Kell
• Genetic reserve management / N. Maxted, J.M. Iriondo, L. De Hond, E. Dulloo, F. Lefèvre, A. Asdal, S.P. Kell and L. Guarino
• Plant population monitoring methodologies for the in situ genetic conservation of CWR / J.M. Iriondo, B. Ford-Lloyd, L. De Hond, S.P. Kell, F. Lefèvre, H. Korpelainen and A. Lane
• Population and habitat recovery techniques for the in situ conservation of plant genetic diversity / S.P. Kell, E. Laguna, J.M. Iriondo and M.E. Dulloo
• Complementing in situ conservation with ex situ measures / J.M.M. Engels, L. Maggioni, N. Maxted and M.E. Dulloo
• Final considerations for the in situ conservation of plant genetic diversity / J.M. Iriondo, M.E. Dulloo, N. Maxted, E. Laguna, J.M.M. Engels and L. Maggioni.