Resources Tagged: Germplasm Resources

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  1. Growing Diversity: Genetic Resources and Local Food Security

    Activists present their experiences of managing plant genetic resources. The contributors document the achievements of farmers in developing crop varieties tailored to their needs, and demonstrate how these approaches can be built upon.
    Food Crops Crops Germplasm Resources Developing countries

  2. Directory of Germplasm Collections (#4 Vegetables)

    1990-01-01 This directory, prepared by the IBPGR, created an international network of genetic resource centers. Hopefully the information will act as a catalyst in stimulating interest in the conservation and use of the genetic resources of vegetables.
    Germplasm Resources Germplasm Vegetables

  3. Global Needs and Problems of the Collection, Storage, and Distribution of Multipurpose Tree Germplasm

    1985-01-01 The present booklet comprises the base document prepared for a planning workship to discuss international cooperation in multipurpose tree germplasm.
    Multipurpose trees Germplasm Resources Sustainable Agrofo... Tree Seeds

  4. Seeding Solutions: Vol 2 Options for National Laws, Governing, Control Over Genetic Resources and Biological Innovations

    The Crucible Group is a highly diverse gathering of individuals who strongly and respectfully disagree on intellectual property, the rights of farmers, the mechanisms for benefit-sharing, and the appropriate structures for conservation of seeds. More than 45 individuals from 25 countries took...
    plants Varieties Germplasm Resources Crops

  5. The Rhizobium Germplasm Resource

    1984-01-01 This NifTAL cataogue is generated directly from the data base retained for each of the strains of Rhizobium in this collection. A comprehensive Rhizobium collection was assembled at NifTAL as a first step in the selection of strains to be recommended as innoculants for economically important...
    Rhizobium Germplasm Resources Rhizobia

  6. Botanic Gardens and Germplasm Conservation

    In this publication the author proposes to explore the historical roots of plant germplasm collection and preservation, for an understanding of the long history of exchange of plant material and the ways in which living plants have been conserved will help put the current debate over management...
    Botanical Gardens Germplasm Resources plants

  7. Seeds for Our Future: The U.S. National Plant Germplasm System

    The National Plant Germplasm System is a network of organizations and people dedicated to preserving the genetic difersity of crop plants. The national system collects plant germplasm from all over the world. This publication explains how and why the system came into being and lists the location...
    National Plant Ger... Germplasm Resources Crops plants

  8. Conservation of Crop Germplasm

    An International Perspective Proceedings of a Symposium / Sponsored by Divisions C-1, C-4, and A-6 of the Crop Science Society of America in Washington, DC, 14-19 Aug.1983 The information contained herein, gleaned from many years experience under a wide variety of geographic and political...
    Germplasm Resources plants Plant Genetics

  9. The Gene Hunters: Biotechnology and the Scramble for Seeds

    1989-01-01 The world is on the verge of receiving new life forms that will profoundly and irrevocably change the global economy: the "gene hunters" who first cloned the gene in 1973 are now not only modifying existing species but also creating new plants and animals. Ready or not for such awesome power, the...
    Germplasm Resources Economic policy Developing countries Useful Plants Africa Plant Biotechnology

  10. Biology and Agronomy of Forage Arachis

    1994-01-01 This study looks at the value of arachis as a forage crop.
    Taxonomy Germplasm Resources Plant physiology Diseases and Pests