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Base-collections of Crop Genetic Resources: Their Future Importance in a Man-dominated World

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 August 2009

Kar-Ling Tao ,
J. Trevor Williams  and
Dick H. van Sloten
Kar-Ling Tao
Affiliation:
Plant Physiologist, IBPGR Research Programme on Seed Conservation
J. Trevor Williams
Affiliation:
Director, International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR)
Dick H. van Sloten
Affiliation:
Head, IBPGR Field Programme, International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR), c/o FAO of the United Nations, Via delle Sette Chiese 142, 00145 Rome, Italy.
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Plant genetic resources are vital in safeguarding and increasing crop production and enhancing human nutrition, particularly in a Man-dominated world. Crop genetic resources are currently under threat of loss for various reasons. Conservation as seed is the most common and practicable method of preserving plant genetic resources. The International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR), in cooperation with gene-banks around the world, has created a global network of base-collections. In order to minimize losses of stock in the gene-banks, standards were developed in 1985 and base-collections were assessed against them.

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Environmental Conservation , Volume 16 , Issue 4 , Winter 1989 , pp. 311 - 316
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Copyright © Foundation for Environmental Conservation 1989

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