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Plant Genetic Conservation

The in situ approach

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  • © 1997

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  1. N. Maxted

    1. School of Biological Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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  2. B. V. Ford-Lloyd

    1. School of Biological Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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  3. J. G. Hawkes

    1. School of Continuing Studies, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (23 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxiv
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  2. Introduction

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The conservation of botanical diversity

      • G. T. Prance
      Pages 3-14

    3. Complementary conservation strategies

      • N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd, J. G. Hawkes
      Pages 15-39

  3. Theory and Practice of In Situ Conservation

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 41-41
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    2. Selection of target taxa

      • N. Maxted, J. G. Hawkes
      Pages 43-68

    3. Ecogeographic surveys

      • N. Maxted, L. Guarino
      Pages 69-87

    4. Technical and political factors constraining reserve placements

      • J. T. Williams
      Pages 88-98

    5. Plant population genetics

      • M. J. Lawrence, D. F. Marshall
      Pages 99-113

    6. Plant population ecology

      • M. Gillman
      Pages 114-131

    7. Reserve design

      • J. G. Hawkes, N. Maxted, D. Zohary
      Pages 132-143

    8. Management and monitoring

      • N. Maxted, L. Guarino, M. E. Dulloo
      Pages 144-159

    9. Locally based crop plant conservation

      • C. O. Qualset, A. B. Damania, A. C. A. Zanatta, S. B. Brush
      Pages 160-175

    10. Genetic conservation information management

      • B. V. Ford-Lloyd, N. Maxted
      Pages 176-191

    11. Estimation of genetic diversity

      • H. J. Newbury, B. V. Ford-Lloyd
      Pages 192-206

    12. Conserving the genetic resources of trees in situ

      • P. Kanowski, D. Boshier
      Pages 207-219

    13. Integrating plant and insect conservation

      • V. Keesing, S. D. Wratten
      Pages 220-235

  4. Case Studies

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 237-237
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    2. The Ammiad experiment

      • Y. Anikster, M. Feldman, A. Horovitz
      Pages 239-253

    3. In situ conservation of genetic diversity in Turkey

      • A. Ertug Firat, A. Tan
      Pages 254-262
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About this book

The recent development of ideas on biodiversity conservation was already being considered almost three-quarters of a century ago for crop plants and the wild species related to them, by the Russian geneticist N.!. Vavilov. He was undoubtedly the first scientist to understand the impor­ tance for humankind of conserving for utilization the genetic diversity of our ancient crop plants and their wild relatives from their centres of diversity. His collections showed various traits of adaptation to environ­ mental extremes and biotypes of crop diseases and pests which were unknown to most plant breeders in the first quarter of the twentieth cen­ tury. Later, in the 1940s-1960s scientists began to realize that the pool of genetic diversity known to Vavilov and his colleagues was beginning to disappear. Through the replacement of the old, primitive and highly diverse land races by uniform modem varieties created by plant breed­ ers, the crop gene pool was being eroded. The genetic diversity of wild species was equally being threatened by human activities: over-exploita­ tion, habitat destruction or fragmentation, competition resulting from the introduction of alien species or varieties, changes and intensification of land use, environmental pollution and possible climate change.

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Editors and Affiliations

  • School of Biological Sciences, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd

  • School of Continuing Studies, The University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

    J. G. Hawkes

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Plant Genetic Conservation

  • Book Subtitle: The in situ approach

  • Editors: N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd, J. G. Hawkes

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-1437-7

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1997

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-412-63400-0Published: 31 January 1997

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-0-412-63730-8Published: 31 January 1997

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-1437-7Published: 01 December 2013

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXIV, 446

  • Topics: Plant Ecology, Evolutionary Biology, Human Genetics, Plant Sciences

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