Gene Banks and the World's Food / / Donald L. Plucknett, Nigel J.H. Smith.

Gene Banks and the World's Food contributes to the crucial debate on how best to preserve some of society's most valuable raw material. The authors also provide an up-to-date report on the status and locations of gene banks, which includes the latest available information on germplasm hold...

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Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2014]
©1986
Year of Publication:2014
Edition:Course Book
Language:English
Series:Princeton Legacy Library ; 457
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505 0 0 |t Frontmatter --   |t CONTENTS --   |t Preface --   |t A Note on Terminology --   |t Acknowledgments --   |t 1. Gene Banks: A Global Resource --   |t 2. Seeds in Due Season --   |t 3. Plant Collectors and Gene Banks --   |t 4. Gene Banks --   |t 5. Biotechnology and Genetic Resources --   |t 6. Genes in the Bank --   |t 7. Gene-Bank Dividends --   |t 8. Wild Species: The Wider Gene Pool --   |t 9. A Case Study in Rice Germplasm: IR36 --   |t 10. Global Imperatives --   |t Appendices --   |t Literature Cited --   |t Index --   |t Backmatter 
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