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1 online resource (126 p.) |
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Intro -- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS -- PREFACE -- ACRONYMS & REFERENCES -- PART I -- SETTING THE SCENE -- CHAPTER 1 -- SETTING THE SCENE -- Introduction -- CHAPTER 2 -- INTRODUCTION TO ALLOTMENTS AND THE UK PEA BEAN -- The story -- CHAPTER 3 -- HOW I GAINED MY PERSPECTIVE ON PLANT BREEDING -- Childhood -- My education -- My work career -- CHAPTER 4 -- PARTICIPATORY PLANT BREEDING AND PERCEPTUAL DISTINCTIVENESS -- Participatory plant breeding -- Participatory plant breeding of cassava in Ghana -- Participatory plant breeding of sweet potato in Uganda -- Seed swap shops -- Seed circles |
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Perceptually distinctive traits in traditional farmers' varieties -- PART II -- HOW MODERN VEGETABLE VARIETIES ARE BRED -- CHAPTER 5 -- THE SCIENCE: PLANT COLLECTIONS AND THE MECHANISM OF INHERITANCE -- Introduction -- The development of plant collections and seed banks -- The science of plant genetics -- CHAPTER 6 -- MODERN METHODS OF PLANT BREEDING -- Introduction -- Hybridisation and the creation of new varieties -- Self-pollinated crops -- Vegetatively propagated crops -- Cross-pollinated crops -- Genetic modification -- Scientific selection |
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Ownership of varieties: plant breeders' rights, patents and simple possession -- Modern seed multiplication, distribution and sales -- PART III -- PROBLEMS WITH MODERN VARIETIES FOR GARDENERS -- CHAPTER 7 -- ALL ABOUT HEIRLOOM VARIETIES! -- What is an heirloom variety? -- How our heirloom varieties evolved -- What is so good about heirloom varieties? -- CHAPTER 8 -- WHY DO MANY MODERN VARIETIES NOT SUIT GARDENERS' PURPOSES? -- Introduction -- Plant breeders do not know gardeners' needs -- Plant breeders are targeting commercial growers and their needs conflict with those of gardeners |
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Seed companies' priorities are distorted by controlling powers F1 hybrids specifically provide to them -- And what is wrong with heirloom varieties/ what would we want to retain of modern varieties? -- PART IV -- BUILDING TOWARDS SOLUTIONS -- CHAPTER 9 -- ALLOTMENTS, MY ALLOTMENT AND ALLOTMENT ACTIVITIES WHICH PROMOTE PLANT BREEDING -- Background to allotments -- My allotment -- Nature, pests, ideal crop etc on my allotment site -- Socialising and social diversity -- What I have done with the UK Pea bean on my allotment and what my future plans are -- An interesting 'pea' bean experiment |
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CHAPTER 10 -- WHAT TECHNOLOGIES SHOULD BE USED TO BREED NEW GARDEN VARIETIES? -- Creating variation from which to select new varieties -- What traits should be selected for in modern garden varieties? -- CHAPTER 11 -- WHO SHOULD BREED VARIETIES FOR GARDENERS AND ALLOTMENT HOLDERS? -- Why are varieties like our heirloom ones seldom created now? -- Who should create modern garden varieties? -- Who currently breeds varieties for gardeners and allotment holders? -- Potential actors that currently have no or only a minor role in the breeding process -- PART V |
| Summary |
After a long career in agricultural research in the UK and then in Africa, Richard Gibson 'retired' and got an allotment. In his work, he had found that African smallholders often rejected varieties bred for them on research stations - and that participatory plant breeding (PPB) was the solution. He was somewhat surprised to find that modern varieties of vegetables also had, on the whole, not been bred to be 'fit for gardeners' purposes', instead commercial interests dominating. Once again, PPB seems appropriate but it takes some very recent and exciting developments to enable this to work for |
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GARDENERS COLLABORATING WITH OTHERS IN NEW PLANT BREEDING MODELS |
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Gibson, Richard W
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Plant breeding.
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Vegetables -- Breeding
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Gardening.
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Gardeners -- Biography
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gardening.
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Gardeners
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Gardening
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Plant breeding
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Vegetables -- Breeding
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Biographies
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781839781780 |
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1839781785 |
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