Genes, Crops and the Environment

Klappentext This book describes the genetic resources of plants! their management and conservation. Zusammenfassung This book focuses on the genetic resources of plants which form part of the world's biological diversity. This diversity is diminishing as the result of human activity and the book describes the need for the management of these resources to sustain the many and varied human uses of plants. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Plant genetic resources - what they are and why they are needed; 2. What needs to be collected and how is it maintained?; 3. A global strategy for safe storage; 4. Access to the resource - core collections and databases; 5. Have we all that we need for the future?; 6. Have genetic resources already been of value?; 7. When there are no seeds; 8. Genes and politics; 9. A glimpse from 2050; Index.

Product details

• Authors: John Holden, John Peacock Holden, James Peacock, Peacock James, Trevor Williams
• Assisted by: James Peacock (Editor), Trevor Williams (Editor)
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.06.1993
• EAN: 9780521437370
• ISBN: 978-0-521-43737-0
• No. of pages: 180
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Natural science; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Botany, SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Genetics & Genomics, Plant Physiology, Genetics (non-medical), Botany and plant sciences