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The Ex Situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources

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  1. J. G. Hawkes

    1. The University of Birmingham, UK

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  2. N. Maxted

    1. The University of Birmingham, UK

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  3. B. V. Ford-Lloyd

    1. The University of Birmingham, UK

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Table of contents (13 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxvi
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  2. The genetic resources of plants and their value

    • J. G. Hawkes, N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd
    Pages 1-18

  3. Evolution of plants under domestication

    • J. G. Hawkes, N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd
    Pages 19-31

  4. The plant genetic resources Conservation movement

    • J. G. Hawkes, N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd
    Pages 32-42

  5. Preparing To Collect for Ex Situ Conservation

    • J. G. Hawkes, N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd
    Pages 43-62

  6. Exploration and Field Collection

    • J. G. Hawkes, N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd
    Pages 63-81

  7. Seed Gene Bank Conservation

    • J. G. Hawkes, N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd
    Pages 82-91

  8. Field Gene Banks, Botanic Gardens, In Vitro, DNA and Pollen Conservation

    • J. G. Hawkes, N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd
    Pages 92-107

  9. World Ex Situ Collections of Germplasm

    • J. G. Hawkes, N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd
    Pages 108-119

  10. Community-Based Conservation

    • J. G. Hawkes, N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd
    Pages 120-134

  11. Plant Genetic Resource Utilization

    • J. G. Hawkes, N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd
    Pages 135-145

  12. Genetic Conservation Information Management

    • J. G. Hawkes, N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd
    Pages 146-163

  13. Conservation Case Studies

    • J. G. Hawkes, N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd
    Pages 164-189

  14. The Future of Ex Situ Conservation

    • J. G. Hawkes, N. Maxted, B. V. Ford-Lloyd
    Pages 190-203

  15. Back Matter

    Pages 205-250
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About this book

It is a distressing truism that the human race during the last millennium has caused the exponential loss of plant genetic diversity throughout the world. This has had direct and negative economic, political and social consequences for the human race, which at the same time has failed to exploit fully the positive benefits that might result from conserving and exploiting the world's plant genetic resources. However, a strong movement to halt this loss of plant diversity and enhance its utilisation for the benefit of all humanity has been underway since the 1960's (Frankel and Bennett, 1970; Frankel and Hawkes, 1975). This initiative was taken up by the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD, 1992) that not only expounds the need to conserve biological diversity but links conservation to exploitation and development for the benefit of all. Article 8 of the Convention clearly states the need to develop more effective and efficient guidelines to conserve biological diversity, while Article 9, along with the FAO International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, promotes the adoption of a complementary approach to conservation that incorporates both ex situ and in situ techniques.

Authors and Affiliations

  • The University of Birmingham, UK

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

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Ex Situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources

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

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-011-4136-9

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2000

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-7923-6442-9Published: 31 October 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-5805-6Published: 10 October 2012

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-011-4136-9Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XXVI, 250

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

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