Crop wild relatives : a manual of in situ conservation / / edited by Danny Hunter and Vernon Heywood

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910814978203321
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: London ; ; Washington, DC, : Earthscan, 2011
• ISBN: 1-280-87466-X; 9786613715975; 1-136-53824-0; 1-84977-556-7; 1-136-53823-2
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (441 p.)
• Collana: Issues in agricultural biodiversity
• Altri autori (Persone): HunterDanny; HeywoodV. H <1927-> (Vernon Hilton)
• Disciplina: 333.95/3416
• Soggetti: Crops - Germplasm resources; Germplasm resources, Plant; Germplasm resources conservation
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Crop Wild Relatives: A Manual of in situ Conservation; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgements and Contributors; Foreword; Preface; List of Acronyms and Abbreviations; Part I Introduction; Chapter 1 Introductory and Background Material; Chapter 2 Crop Wild Relatives in the Project Countries; Chapter 3 What Do We Mean By in situ Conservation of CWR?; Part II Conservation Planning; Chapter 4 Planning for CWR Conservation and Partnership Building; Chapter 5 Participatory Approaches for CWR in situ Conservation; Chapter 6 Developing National CWR Strategies and Action Plans; Chapter 7 Selection and Prioritization of Species/Populations and AreasChapter 8 Establishing an Information Baseline: Ecogeographic Surveying; Part III Conservation Actions; Chapter 9 Protected Areas and CWR Conservation; Chapter 10 Species and Population Management/Recovery Plans; Chapter 11 Conservation Strategies for Species/Populations Occurring Outside Protected Areas; Chapter 12 Complementary Conservation Actions; Chapter 13 Monitoring of Areas ; and Species/ Populations to Assess Effectiveness of Conservation/Management Actions; Part IV Other Major Issues; Chapter 14 Adapting to Global ChangeChapter 15 Capacity Building; Chapter 16 Communication, Public Awareness and Outreach; Annexes; Annex I CWR Species for which Field Data were Collected in Bolivia during 2006-2009, by Institution; Annex II Monitoring Plan for Cereal Crop Wild Relatives in Erebuni State Reserve; Annex III Management Plan for Amygdalus bucharica in the Chatkal Biosphere State Reserve, Uzbekistan; Index of Organisms; General Index
• Sommario/riassunto: Crop wild relatives (CWR) are plant species which are more or less closely related to crops. They are a vital resource by providing a pool of genetic variation that can be used in breeding new and better adapted varieties of crops that are resistant to stress, disease, drought and other factors. They will be increasingly important in allowing crops to adapt to the impacts of climate, thus safeguarding future agricultural production. Until recently, the main conservation strategy adopted for CWR has been ex situ - through the maintenance of samples as seed or vegetative material in various kind