Biotic Diversity and Germplasm Preservation, Global Imperatives
Topics for the Beltsville Symposia are selected to highlight specific areas of research and science policy that are of concern to scientists in the Beltsville Area as well as to the general scientific community. Each sympo sium in the series is structured to provide a realistic appraisal of current...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
1989, 1989
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 1989 |
| Series: | Beltsville Symposia in Agricultural Research
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Section I: Introduction and Delineation of Issues
- Systematics, Diversity, and Germplasm
- Germplasm Preservation: Objectives and Needs
- Ethical and Policy Implications
- Ecology of Agroecosystems in Relation to Natural Ecosystems
- Section II: Basic Research and Germplasm Status
- Plant Germplasm Preservation: A Global Perspective
- Program for Plant Germplasm Preservation in the United states
- Development of Research on Crop Germplasm Resources in China
- Management and Utilization of Plant Germplasm Collections
- Population Genetics and the Dynamics of Conservation
- Section III: Frontiers in Germplasm Utilization
- Sampling, Evaluation, and Utilization of Animal Genetic Resources
- An Essay on Prokaryote Diversity
- Microbial Germplasm
- Gene Transfer in Plants
- Alteration of the Genome as a Method to Increase Diversity in Animal Germplasm Resources
- Enhancement of Plant Germplasm
- The Impact of Biotechnology on Conventional Germplasm Conservation and Use
- Section IV: Germplasm Collection and Data Management
- Cryopreservation of Animal Germplasm Resources
- Invertebrate Germplasm Cryopreservation: Potential, Problems and Prospects
- Techniques for Preservation of Plant Germplasm
- Plant Germplasm Acquisition and Exchange
- Plant Germplasm Information Systems
- Animal Germplasm Information Systems
- Accessibility of World Germplasm Resources: Animal Health Constraints
- Section V: International Issues and Linkages
- Plant Genetic Resource Initiatives in International Development
- Threatened Habitats and Germplasm Preservation: A Central American Perspective
- Ownership of Plant Genetic Material
- Plant Germplasm and the Economics of Agriculture
- Summary of Symposium