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Title | Conserving genetic resources for agriculture |
Subtitle | counting the cost |
Author |
Koo, Bonwoo Pardey, Philip G. Wright, Brian D. |
Year | 2003 |
Abstract | As improved crop varieties developed by scientific breeding spread throughout the world in the latter half of the 20th century, the risk of excessive reliance by farmers and breeders on a narrowing genetic base was dramatized by the infestation and vulnerability of U.S. hybrid corn with cytoplasm male sterility to southern corn leaf blight. Events like this spurred worldwide efforts to greatly expand the amount of agricultural biodiversity conserved in genebanks. More recently, microarray and other modern biotechnologies that provide new and less costly ways of screening crop samples for useful traits have increased the value of conserved genetic resources and focused worldwide attention on access to and use rights of traditional crop varieties, or landraces, stored in situ (place of origin) or in ex situ genebanks worldwide. |
Series Name | Research at a Glance Brief |
Series Number | 6 |
Publisher | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
Place of publication | Washington, D.C. |
Language | English |
Record Type | Brief |
Peer Reviewed - PR or Non-PR | Non-PR |
Subject - keywords |
germplasm collections Germplasm resources, Plant -- Research Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research Germplasm conservation CGIAR Costs Genetic resources Agriculture |
IFPRI Descriptors | IFPRI1 |
IFPRI Division | EPTD |
Access Rights | Open Access |
Physical description | 6 pages |
Requests | mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org |
CONTENTdm file name | 73216.cpd |
Date cataloged | 2015-03-04 |
Date modified | 2015-03-04 |
OCLC number | 861351075 |
CONTENTdm number | 73215 |
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Title | biotechbr6 1 |
Access Rights | Open Access |
Requests | mailto:ifpri-library@cgiar.org |
CONTENTdm file name | 73210.pdfpage |
Date cataloged | 2015-03-04 |
Date modified | 2015-03-04 |
CONTENTdm number | 73209 |
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