Techniques and key issues in collecting crop wild relatives.
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Book chapter
Creator (person)
Way, Michael
Date published
March 15, 2021
Abstract
From the collectors’ point of view there are two major research constraints that have impacted our ability to make sufficient high-quality, genetically diverse Crop Wild Relative (CWR) collections over the last two decades First, in contrast to the relatively uniform and well-documented flowering and fruiting of crops, populations of CWR typically retain important traits that have not been narrowed by crop breeding; Secondly, the detailed knowledge about relative importance, distribution, identification, collecting and handling techniques for CWR remained patchy and fragmented prior to the development of online tools including the prioritised Harlan and de Wet CWR Inventory, digitised specimen data and a range of catalogues and botanical databases. The main focus of this chapter is the collecting of seed, which has been shown to provide the most cost-effective ex situ response to the erosion of genetic diversity at species level, for taxa producing orthodox seed, that is, that tolerate conventional dry and cold storage
conditions according to FAO & Millennium Seed Bank Programme standards.
Book title
Plant Genetic Resources - a review of current research and future needs.
Editor
Dulloo, M. Ehsan
Pagination
155-184
Publisher
Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing Limited
Place of publication
Cambridge, UK
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