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Biotic Diversity and Germplasm Preservation, Global Imperatives

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  • © 1989

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Editors:
  1. Lloyd V. Knutson

    1. Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Beltsvikke, USA

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  2. Allan K. Stoner

    1. Germplasm Services Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, USA

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Part of the book series: Beltsville Symposia in Agricultural Research (BSAR, volume 13)

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Table of contents (28 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxii
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  2. Introduction and delineation of issues

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Systematics, diversity, and germplasm

      • Douglass R. Miller, Amy Y. Rossman, Joseph Kirkbride
      Pages 3-11

    3. Germplasm preservation: objectives and needs

      • Garrison Wilkes
      Pages 13-41

    4. Culture and care: ethical and policy dimensions of germplasm conservation

      • Lawrence Busch, William B. Lacy, Jeffrey Burkhardt
      Pages 43-62

    5. Ecology of agroecosystems in relation to natural ecosystems

      • Setijati Sastrapradja
      Pages 63-77

  3. Basic research and Germplasm status

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Plant germplasm preservation: a global perspective

      • J. Trevor Williams
      Pages 81-96

    3. Program for plant germplasm preservation in the United States: the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System

      • Henry L. Shands, Paul J. Fitzgerald, Steve A. Eberhart
      Pages 97-115

    4. Development of research on crop germplasm resources in China

      • Zhang Yihua, Dong Yushen
      Pages 117-125

    5. Management and use of plant germplasm collections

      • Te-Tzu Chang, Sherl M. Dietz, Melvin N. Westwood
      Pages 127-159

    6. Population genetics and the dynamics of conservation

      • Gene Namkoong
      Pages 161-181

  4. Frontiers in Germplasm utilization

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 183-183
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    2. Sampling, evaluation and utilization of animal genetic resources

      • Keith E. Gregory, Gordon E. Dickerson
      Pages 185-204

    3. Why are there so many species of mollicutes? An essay on prokaryote diversity

      • Robert F. Whitcomb, Kevin J. Hackett
      Pages 205-240

    4. Microbial germplasm

      • Shung-Chang Jong
      Pages 241-273

    5. Gene transfer in plants

      • Benjamin F. Matthews, James A. Saunders
      Pages 275-291

    6. Alteration of the genome as a method to increase diversity in animal germplasm resources

      • Robert J. Wall, Caird E. Rexroad Jr.
      Pages 293-309

    7. Enhancement of plant germplasm

      • James H. Elgin Jr., Philip A. Miller
      Pages 311-322

    8. The impact of biotechnology on conventional germplasm conservation and use

      • Peter R. Day
      Pages 323-334
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Topics for the Beltsville Symposia are selected to highlight specific areas of research and science policy that are of concern to scientists in the Beltsville Area as well as to the general scientific community. Each sympo­ sium in the series is structured to provide a realistic appraisal of current findings, research progress, and relevant policy issues within the constraints established by the organizing committee. Thus, the presentations and dis­ cussions that have marked these symposia have had a strong appeal to the broad community of scientists. Knowledge of the diversity of living organisms is still quite limited. Since the time of Linnaeus, about 1.7 million species have been described. The actual number has been estimated between 5-50 million. Many species, land races, and strains are vanishing. Clearly, the world's scientific institutions are inadequately equipped to attain sufficient knowledge of a significant fraction of the diverse living forms. Also, efforts in the collection and preservation of germplasm of plants and animals urgently need to be strengthened. These mattes are critically important to future generations. This symposium addresses vital concerns of biotic diversity and germ­ plasm preservation from diverse perspectives. Many of the parts provide concrete recommendations for action, and they call attention to areas of research that must be pursued with intensity.

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`The volume is an excellent representation of the papers presented.
... the abstracts of each paper that the publishers have included will facilitate the use of the volume. '
FAO/IBPGR Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter, March 1991

Editors and Affiliations

  • Systematic Entomology Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Beltsvikke, USA

    Lloyd V. Knutson

  • Germplasm Services Laboratory, USDA, ARS, Beltsville, USA

    Allan K. Stoner

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