Broadening the genetic base of crop production

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Broadening the genetic base of crop production

edited by H.D. Cooper, C. Spillane, T. Hodgkin

CABI in association with Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, c2001

  • : CABI
  • : FAO
  • : IPGRI

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Volume

: CABI ISBN 9780851994116

Description

This book focuses on the previously neglected interface between the conservation of plant genetic resources and their utilization. Only through utilization can the potential value of conserved genetic resources be realised. However, as this book shows, much conserved germplasm has to be subjected to long-term pre-breeding and genetic enhancement before it can be used in plant breeding programmes.The authors explore the rationale and approaches for such pre-breeding efforts as the basis for broadening the genetic bases of crop production. Examples from a range of major food crops are presented and issues analysed by leading authorities from around the world.

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a: Foreword, M Duwayri and G Hawtin b: Preface, D Cooper, C Spillane and T Hodgkin PART ONE: GENERAL PRINCIPLES 1: Broadening the genetic base of crops: an overview, D Cooper, T Hodgkin and C Spillane 2: Evolutionary and genetic perspectives on the dynamics of crop genepools, C Spillane and P Gepts 3: Base broadening: introgression and incorporation, B Spoor and N Simmonds 4: The role of local level gene flow in enhancing and maintained genetic diversity, J Berthaud et al. 5: Regulatory aspects of breeding for diversity, N Louwaars 6: Decentralized and participatory plant breeding for marginal environments, S Ceccarelli et al. 7: Empowering farmers and broadening the genetic base: agricultural research and resource management, R Salazar PART TWO: CROP CASE STUDIES 8: The state of millet diversity and its use in West Africa, O Niangado 9: State of the use of maize genetic diversity in the USA and sub-Saharan Africa, S P Tallury and M M Goodman 10: The state of use of potato genetic diversity, R Ortiz 11: The state of use of cassava genetic diversity and a proposal to enhance it, G Second and C Iglesias 12: State of use of Musa diversity, S Sharrock and E Frison PART THREE: POPULATION MANAGEMENT 13: Dynamic management of genetic resources: a 13 year experiment on wheat, I Goldringer et al. 14: Genetic base broadening of barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) in the Nordic countries, M Vetelainen and E A J Nissila 15: Evolutionary changes in Cambridge Composite Cross Five of barley, K M Ibrahim and J A Barrett 16: Genetic base broadening in the West Indies Sugar Cane Breeding Program by the incorporation of wild species, A J Kennedy 17: Potential of genetic resources and breeding strategies for base broadening in Beta, L Frese, B Desprez, and D Ziegler 18: HOPE, a hierarchical, open-ended system for broadening the breeding base of maize, L Kannenberg 19: The germplasm enhancement of maize (GEM) project: Private and public sector collaboration, L Pollak and W Salhuana 20: A French cooperative program for management and utilization of maize genetic resources, A Gallais, J P Monod, and others PART FOUR: OTHER APPROACHES TO BROADENING THE GENETIC BASE OF CROPS 21: Broadening the genetic base of lentil in South Asia, W Erskine et al. 22: Genetic diversity of barley: use of locally adapted germplasm to enhance yield and yield stability of barley in dry areas, S Grando, R Von Bothmer, S Ceccarelli 23: Breeding Phaseolus for intercrop combinations in the Andean highlands, J P Baudoin, F Camarena and M Lobo 24: Improving potato resistance to disease under the Global Initiative on Late Blight, T Bodo, R Trognitz, M Bonierbale, J A Landeo, G Forbes, J E Bradshaw, G R Mackay, R Waugh, M A Huarte, and L Colon 25: A Mexican bean breeding program for comprehensive horizontal resistance to all locally important pests and diseases, R G Espinosa, R A Robinson, P R Vallejo, F C Gonzalez and F R Rosales 26: The impact of decentralized and participatory plant breeding on the genetic base of crops, J Witcombe 27: Base broadening for client-oriented impact, L Sperling et al.
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: FAO ISBN 9789251044384

Description

This book focuses on the previously neglected interface between the conservation of plant genetic resources and their utilisation. Only through utilisation can the potential value of conserved genetic resources be realised. However, as this book shows, much conserved germplasm has to be subjected to long-term pre-breeding and genetic enhancement before it can be used in plant breeding programmes. The authors explore the rationale and approaches for such pre-breeding efforts as the basis for broadening the genetic bases of crop production. Examples from a range of major food crops are presented and issues analysed by leading authorities from around the world.

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