Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- List of acronyms
- Preface
- Part I General introduction
- Part II The Ethiopian centre of diversity
- Part III Germplasm collection and conservation in Ethiopia
- Part IV Evaluation and utilization of Ethiopian genetic resources
- 18 Germplasm evaluation with special reference to the role of taxonomy in genebanks
- 19 Crop germplasm multiplication, characterization, evaluation and utilization at PGRC/E
- 20 Evaluation methods and utilization of germplasm of annual crop species
- 21 Evaluation and utilization of Ethiopian forage species
- 22 Improvement of indigenous durum wheat landraces in Ethiopia
- 23 Use of germplasm resources in breeding wheat for disease resistance
- 24 Indigenous barley germplasm in the Ethiopian breeding programme
- 25 The role of Ethiopian sorghum germplasm resources in the national breeding programme
- 26 Germplasm evaluation and breeding work on teff (Eragrostis tef) in Ethiopia
- 27 Pulse crops of Ethiopia: genetic resources and their utilization
- 28 Oil crop germplasm: a vital resource for the plant breeder
- 29 Significance of Ethiopian coffee genetic resources to coffee improvement
- 30 Use of Ethiopian germplasm in national and international programmes
- Index
30 - Use of Ethiopian germplasm in national and international programmes
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 30 October 2009
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Contributors
- List of acronyms
- Preface
- Part I General introduction
- Part II The Ethiopian centre of diversity
- Part III Germplasm collection and conservation in Ethiopia
- Part IV Evaluation and utilization of Ethiopian genetic resources
- 18 Germplasm evaluation with special reference to the role of taxonomy in genebanks
- 19 Crop germplasm multiplication, characterization, evaluation and utilization at PGRC/E
- 20 Evaluation methods and utilization of germplasm of annual crop species
- 21 Evaluation and utilization of Ethiopian forage species
- 22 Improvement of indigenous durum wheat landraces in Ethiopia
- 23 Use of germplasm resources in breeding wheat for disease resistance
- 24 Indigenous barley germplasm in the Ethiopian breeding programme
- 25 The role of Ethiopian sorghum germplasm resources in the national breeding programme
- 26 Germplasm evaluation and breeding work on teff (Eragrostis tef) in Ethiopia
- 27 Pulse crops of Ethiopia: genetic resources and their utilization
- 28 Oil crop germplasm: a vital resource for the plant breeder
- 29 Significance of Ethiopian coffee genetic resources to coffee improvement
- 30 Use of Ethiopian germplasm in national and international programmes
- Index
Summary
Introduction
It will have become evident from the previous chapters in this book that the crop genetic resources of Ethiopia are very diverse and constitute an invaluable base for plant breeding both within and outside the country. Ethiopia is one of the world centres of diversity, identified by N. I. Vavilov some 60 years ago. Not only does it possess important diversity in crops domesticated elsewhere, such as wheat, barley, grain legumes and several oil plants; it also has developed its own indigenous cultigens, such as teff, sorghum, niger seed (noog), ensete, Ethiopian mustard and coffee, many of which are now of great international importance. Ethiopian breeders have taken full advantage of the crop genetic diversity in their own country, combining it with useful genetic characters brought in from other regions.
Clearly, the importance of Ethiopian crop diversity has not gone unnoticed amongst world breeders. Vavilov, who visited Ethiopia in 1927, pointed out the value, particularly to wheat and barley breeders, of the Ethiopian landraces and their extraordinary morphoagronomic variation (Vavilov, 1931).
In this final chapter we shall attempt to summarize the value of Ethiopian crop genetic diversity both nationally and internationally.
Wheat
Ethiopia is unique in containing a very wide diversity of tetraploid wheat, but very little hexaploid wheat diversity; this latter was probably introduced in recent times.
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- Plant Genetic Resources of Ethiopia , pp. 360 - 368Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 1991
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