Conservation of Tropical Plant Species

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xiv

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2. Conservation Methods

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1

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   2. Conservation of Tropical Plant Genetic Resources: In Situ Approach

      • Ramanatha Rao, Bhuwon Sthapit

      Pages 3-26

   3. Collecting the Wild Relatives of Crops in the Tropics

      • Duncan Vaughan, Yasuko Yoshida, Masaru Takeya, Norihiko Tomooka

      Pages 27-41

   4. Seed Banks for Future Generation

      • H. F. Chin, P. Quek, U. R. Sinniah

      Pages 43-63

   5. Pollen Cryobanking for Tropical Plant Species

      • P. E. Rajasekharan, B. S. Ravish, T. Vasantha Kumar, S. Ganeshan

      Pages 65-75

   6. In Vitro Genebanks for Preserving Tropical Biodiversity

      • Barbara M. Reed, Sandhya Gupta, Esther E. Uchendu

      Pages 77-106

   7. Cryopreservation

      • Florent Engelmann, Stéphane Dussert

      Pages 107-119

   8. Biomarkers from Molecules to Ecosystems and Biobanks to Genebanks

      • Keith Harding, Erica E. Benson

      Pages 121-133

3. Current Status

   1. Front Matter

      Pages 135-135

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4. Current status

   1. Conservation of Tropical Fruit Genetic Resources

      • M. N. Normah, S. K. Malik, R. Chaudhury, I. Salma, M. A. Makeen

      Pages 137-170

   2. Conservation of Orchids the Gems of the Tropics

      • Irawati

      Pages 171-187

   3. Conservation of Oil Palm and Coconut Genetic Resources

      • N. Rajanaidu, M. M. Ainul

      Pages 189-212

   4. Conserving Tropical Leguminous Food Crops

      • N. Quat Ng

      Pages 213-247

   5. Tropical and Subtropical Root and Tuber Crops

      • David Tay

      Pages 249-292

   6. Cereals

      • Fiona R. Hay, N. Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton, Bonnie J. Furman, Hari D. Upadhyaya, K. N. Reddy, S. K. Singh

      Pages 293-315

   7. Diversity and Conservation of Tropical Forestry Species in Southeast Asia

      • Marzalina Mansor

      Pages 317-345

   8. The In Vitro Conservation of Plants Native to the Brazilian Amazon and Atlantic Forests

      • Eduardo da Costa Nunes, Fernanda Kokowicz Pilatti, Cristine Luciana Rescarolli, Thaise Gerber, Erica E. Benson, Ana Maria Viana

      Pages 347-372

   9. Ex Situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources of Major Vegetables

      • Andreas Wilhelm Ebert

      Pages 373-417

   10. Conservation of Spices and Tree Borne Oil Seed Crops

       • Rekha Chaudhury, S. K. Malik

       Pages 419-436

The book is designed to provide a review on the methods and current status of conservation of the tropical plant species. It will also provide the information on the richness of the tropical plant diversity, the need to conserve, and the potential utilization of the genetic resources. Future perspectives of conservation of tropical species will be discussed. Besides being useful to researchers and graduate students in the field, we hope to create a reference for a much wider audience who are interested in conservation of tropical plant diversity.

• Conservation
• Plant Science
• Seed Storage
• Tropical Plants
• Systematic Botany

• , Institute of Systems Biology, Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia, UKM Bangi, Selangor, Malaysia

  M.N. Normah

• Universiti Putra Malaysia, Department of Crop Science, Emeritus Professor, UPM, Serdang, Selangor, Malaysia

  H.F. Chin

• USDA-ARS, National Clonal Germplasm Repository, Research Plant Physiologist, CORVALLIS, USA

  Barbara M. Reed

Normah M. Noor, Ph.D., received her B.A. in Biology from Macalester College (Minnesota), her M.S. in Crop Science from Michigan State University and her PhD in Seed Science from Universiti Pertanian Malaysia (Agriculture University of Malaysia). She is a Professor at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (National University of Malaysia) as well as Director of its Institute of Systems Biology. Her groundbreaking work leading to the development of a technique for the cryopreservation of embryonic axes of rubber represented seminal work in the cryopreservation of recalcitrant seeds.  Her research on cryopreservation and conservation of tropical fruit species, particularly of Garcinia, Citrus and Nephelium, has led to the development of techniques for the long-term conservation and micropropagation of these economically (and traditionally) important species. 

 

H.F.Chin Ph.D. is Professor Emeritus at University Putra Malaysia and Honorary Fellow of Bioversity International. He obtained four agricultural Sciences degrees from the University of Melbourne, His main interest is in seed conservation and storage, in particular recalcitrant seeds. He served in National and International seed committees such as the National Seed Council, Malaysia,  Advisory Committee on Seed Storage of the International Board of Plant Genetic Resources (1981-1992), Chairman of Seed Storage Committee of International Seed Testing Association(1986-1992). Has served 51 years in his career in teaching and research

 

 

Barbara M. Reed Ph.D. received her Bachelor of Science in Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Master of Science in Botany and Plant Pathology and Ph.D. in Botany at Oklahoma State University. Dr. Reed is a research scientist with USDA-ARS since 1989.The program goals of her research project encompass development of improved and broadly applicable methods for tissue culture of the temperatefruit, nut and specialty crop germplasm; development of low temperature or other slow-growth storage techniques for in vitro cultures; development of cryopreservation methods to facilitate the storage of clonal germplasm in liquid nitrogen; technology transfer of cryogenic techniques to other genetic resources labs; and evaluation of the genetic stability of in vitro-stored plants and cryopreserved meristems.

 

 

Barbara M. Reed Ph.D. received her Bachelor of Science in Education at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln; Master of Science in Botany and Plant Pathology and Ph.D. in Botany at Oklahoma State University. Dr. Reed is a research scientist with USDA-ARS since 1989.The program goals of her research project encompass development of improved and broadly applicable methods for tissue culture of the temperate fruit, nut and specialty crop germplasm; development of low temperature or other slow-growth storage techniques for in vitro cultures; development of cryopreservation methods to facilitate the storage of clonal germplasm in liquid nitrogen; technology transfer of cryogenic techniques to other genetic resources labs; and evaluation of the genetic stability of in vitro-stored plants and cryopreserved meristems.

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