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Plant Genetic Conservation
Maxted, Nigel; Ford-Lloyd, B. V. (University Of Birmingham); Hawkes, J. G.
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Description for Plant Genetic Conservation
Paperback. This text aims to provide a practical and theoretical introduction to the technique of in situ genetic conservation. Num Pages: 446 pages, biography. BIC Classification: PSTS; RNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 662.
The recent development of ideas on biodiversity conservation was already being considered almost three-quarters of a century ago for crop plants and the wild species related to them, by the Russian geneticist N.!. Vavilov. He was undoubtedly the first scientist to understand the impor tance for humankind of conserving for utilization the genetic diversity of our ancient crop plants and their wild relatives from their centres of diversity. His collections showed various traits of adaptation to environ mental extremes and biotypes of crop diseases and pests which were unknown to most plant breeders in the first quarter of the twentieth ... Read more
The recent development of ideas on biodiversity conservation was already being considered almost three-quarters of a century ago for crop plants and the wild species related to them, by the Russian geneticist N.!. Vavilov. He was undoubtedly the first scientist to understand the impor tance for humankind of conserving for utilization the genetic diversity of our ancient crop plants and their wild relatives from their centres of diversity. His collections showed various traits of adaptation to environ mental extremes and biotypes of crop diseases and pests which were unknown to most plant breeders in the first quarter of the twentieth ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Chapman and Hall United Kingdom
Number of pages
446
Condition
New
Number of Pages
446
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780412637308
SKU
V9780412637308
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Ref
99-15
Reviews for Plant Genetic Conservation
`The content of the book is clearly presented ... for students and practitioners of plant breeding and crop conservation, this book provides a valuable supplement...' Hereditary