Title Plant genetic resources : a conservation imperative / edited by Christopher W. Yeatman, David Kafton, Garrison Wilkes

Published Boulder, Colo. : Published by Westview Press for the American Association for the Advancement of Science, Washington, D.C., 1984

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Description xii, 164 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm Series AAAS selected symposia series ; 87 AAAS selected symposium ; 87 AAAS selected symposium ; 87 Contents Machine derived contents note: 84051723 -- About the Editors and Authors xi -- Introduction: Global Heritage in -- Jeopardy-- Christopher W. Yeatman 1 -- Literature Cited 2 -- PART 1. HISTORY AND POLICY DEVELOPMENT -- IN AGRICULTURE -- 1 History of Plant Introduction -- in the United States--Howard L. Hyland 5 -- Prior to Formalized USDA -- Program (1898) 6 -- Early Explorations (1898-1930) 8 -- Activities Before, During and -- Shortly After World War II -- (1930-1948) 10 -- USDA-States Cooperative Program -- (1948-1975) 10 -- Bibliography 13 -- 2 Plant Germplasm Policy--R. W. Hougas 15 -- National Plant Germplasm System 17 -- Documentation and Guidelines 26 -- National Plant Genetic Resources -- Board 27 -- Conclusion 28 -- Literature Cited 29 -- 3 Conservation of Gene Resources -- in the United States--William L. Brown '..31 -- Current Programs 31 -- Discussion 33 -- Animal Germplasm 35 -- Microorganisms 37 -- Current and Future Needs 38 -- Summary 40 -- Literature Cited 40 -- 4 The Canadian Plant Gene Resources -- Program-- Roland Loiselle 43 -- The Formal Recognition of the -- Importance of Plant Gene -- Resources in Canada 44 -- The Objectives of the Plant Gene -- Resources Program 44 -- Inventory of Plant Gene Resources 45 -- Crop Information Banks 48 -- Seed Preservation at the Plant -- Gene Resources Office 48 -- Clonal Repositories for Tree -- Fruit Germplasm 49 -- Cryopreservation of Plant Genetic -- Resources 50 -- Collecting Expeditions 51 -- National and International -- Exchanges of Genetic Resources 51 -- Conclusions 51 -- Literature Cited 52 -- PART 2. GENETIC RESOURCES IN FOREST -- AND WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT -- 5 The California Gene Resource -- Conservation Program--David Kafton 55 -- The California Program 55 -- Genetic Resource Management 57 -- Phase One of the California -- Program 60 -- Phase Two of the California -- Program 60 -- The Long Term California Program 62 -- Literature Cited 62 -- 6 Native Plant Gene Conservation -- in British Columbia-- Bristol Foster 63 -- History 63 -- The Ecological Reserves Act 64 -- Establishing Ecological Reserves 65 -- Management of Reserves 67 -- Research 68 -- Conclusions 68 -- Acknowledgements 69 -- Literature Cited 69 -- 7 Policies, Strategies and Means for -- Genetic Conservation in Forestry-- -- Stanley L. Krugman 71 -- Forest History and Practice 72 -- Management Issues 73 -- Management Strategies 74 -- Literature Cited 77 -- 8 Strategies for Gene Conservation -- in Forest Tree Breeding-- Gene Namkoong 79 -- Some Salient Features of Forest -- Trees 79 -- Conservation and Breeding Programs 82 -- Population Structures 83 -- Program Structures 86 -- Literature Cited 87 -- PART 3. GENETIC CONSERVATION IN -- BREEDING CROP-PLANTS -- 9 Utilization of Genetic Diversity -- in Crop Breeding--Lyndon W. Kannenberg 93 -- Crop Diversity 93 -- Genetic Erosion 94 -- Sources of Diversity 98 -- New Breeding Approaches 99 -- HOPE 101 -- Conclusion 105 -- Literature Cited 106 -- 10 Gene Centers and Gene Utilization -- in American Agriculture-- Jack R. Harlan 111 -- Introduction 111 -- Before World War II 112 -- After World War II 123 -- References 126 -- 11 Germplasm Conservation Toward the -- Year 2000: Potential for New Crops -- and Enhancement of Present Crops-- -- Garrison Wilkes 131 -- Crop Plants are Domesticated -- Plants 136 -- Plant Genetic Resources 137 -- Conservation in Perpetuity 139 -- Undervalued Plant Genetic -- Resources 140 -- New and Potential Crops 142 -- Species Diversity in the -- Humid Tropics 145 -- Improving the Plants of the -- Humid Tropics and New Crops 146 -- The Value of Plants from the -- Tropics 147 -- Conclusion 160 -- Literature Cited 160 Analysis Plants Genes Variation Conservation & exploitation Notes "Based on a symposium that was held at the 1981 AAAS National Annual Meeting in Toronto, Ontario, January 3-8 ... sponsored by AAAS Section G (Biology)"--T.p. verso Bibliography Includes bibliographies Subject Germplasm resources conservation -- Congresses. Germplasm resources, Plant -- Congresses. Germplasm resources, Plant. Genre/Form Conference papers and proceedings. Author Kafton, David Lewis. Wilkes, Garrison. Yeatman, Christopher W. American Association for the Advancement of Science. Section on Biological Sciences. LC no. 84051723 ISBN 0813301297

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