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Crop wild relatives : a manual of in situ conservation / / edited by Danny Hunter and Vernon Heywood
Crop wild relatives : a manual of in situ conservation / / edited by Danny Hunter and Vernon Heywood
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa London ; ; Washington, DC, : Earthscan, 2011
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (441 p.)
Disciplina 333.95/3416
Altri autori (Persone) HunterDanny
HeywoodV. H <1927-> (Vernon Hilton)
Collana Issues in agricultural biodiversity
Soggetto topico Crops - Germplasm resources
Germplasm resources, Plant
Germplasm resources conservation
ISBN 1-280-87466-X
9786613715975
1-136-53824-0
1-84977-556-7
1-136-53823-2
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
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
Record Nr. UNINA-9910814978203321
London ; ; Washington, DC, : Earthscan, 2011
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Genomics of plant genetic resources . Volume 2 Crop productivity, food security and nutritional quality / / Roberto Tuberosa, Andreas Graner, Emile Frison, editors
Genomics of plant genetic resources . Volume 2 Crop productivity, food security and nutritional quality / / Roberto Tuberosa, Andreas Graner, Emile Frison, editors
Edizione [1st ed. 2014.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Dordrecht, Netherlands : , : Springer, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (xix, 515 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps
Disciplina 333.95/3416
571.92
Collana Gale eBooks
Soggetto topico Germplasm resources, Plant
Plant genetics
ISBN 94-007-7575-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Harnessing plant genetic diversity for enhancing crop production and its sustainability -- Genetics and genomics of flowering time regulation in sugar beet -- Mining the genus Solanum for increasing disease resistance -- Dissection of potato complex traits by linkage and association genetics as basis for developing molecular diagnostics in breeding programs -- Introgression libraries with wild relatives of crops -- High-throughput phenomics tools for interactions of barley with fungal pathogens -- Genomics of low-temperature tolerance for an increased sustainability of wheat and barley production -- Bridging conventional breeding and genomics for a more sustainable wheat production -- Genetic Dissection of Aluminium Tolerance in the Triticeae -- Maintaining Food Value of Wild Rice (Zizania palustris L.) Using Comparative Genomics -- Genomics-assisted crop improvement for food security -- Genomics-assisted allele mining and its integration into rice breeding -- New insights arising from genomics for enhancing rice resistance against the blast fungus -- Enhancing abiotic stress tolerance in plants by modulating properties of stress responsive transcription factors -- The Borlaug Global Rust Initiative: Reducing the genetic vulnerability of wheat to rust -- Genomes, chromosomes and genes of the wheatgrass genus Thinopyrum: the value of their transfer into wheat for gains in cytogenomic knowledge and sustainable breeding -- Identification and implementation of resistance: Genomics-assisted use of genetic resources for breeding against powdery mildew and Stagonospora nodorum blotch in wheat -- G6nomics-assised crop improvement for nutritional quality -- Breeding for apple (Malus × domestica Borkh.) fruit quality traits in the genomics era -- Enhancing nutritional quality in crops via genomics approaches -- N. Genomics of mineral nutrient biofortification: calcium, iron and zinc -- Optimising the content and composition of dietary fibre in wheat grain for end-use quality -- TILLING for improved starch composition in wheat -- Molecular Breeding for Quality Protein Maize (QPM. Index.                                     .
Record Nr. UNINA-9910298306703321
Dordrecht, Netherlands : , : Springer, , 2014
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Novel plant bioresources : applications in food, medicine and cosmetics / / edited by Ameenah Gurib-Fakim ; contributors Abderrahman Aafi [and eighty five others]
Novel plant bioresources : applications in food, medicine and cosmetics / / edited by Ameenah Gurib-Fakim ; contributors Abderrahman Aafi [and eighty five others]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (556 p.)
Disciplina 333.95/3416
Soggetto topico Plant diversity
Germplasm resources conservation - Economic aspects
Germplasm resources, Plant - Economic aspects
Plant biotechnology
ISBN 1-118-46058-8
1-118-46056-1
1-118-46060-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Content; List of contributors; Foreword; Part One Novel Plant Bioresources: Applications in Medicine, Cosmetics, etc.; Chapter 1 Plant Diversity in Addressing Food, Nutrition and Medicinal Needs; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; 1.3 Plant genetic diversity for nutrition; 1.4 Plant diversity for medicines; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2 World Health Organization Perspective for Traditional Medicine; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Policies on traditional medicine; 2.3 Tools and guidelines
2.4 Implementation of the regional strategy on traditional medicine2.5 The way forward; 2.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Cultivation of Novel Medicinal Plant Products and Associated Challenges; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Basic principles of novel crop cultivation; 3.3 Case study 1: Pelargonium sidoides; 3.4 Case study 2: Sutherlandia frutescens; 3.5 Case study 3: Euphorbia resinifera; 3.6 Conclusion; References; Further reading; Chapter 4 Enabling Technologies to Facilitate Natural Product-Based Drug Discovery from African Biodiversity; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Enabling-technology platforms
4.3 Natural product diversification and drug metabolite generation platform4.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Assessing Biodiversity: A Molecular Approach Using DNA Sequencing; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Taxonomy and evolution; 5.3 Assessing diversity; 5.4 DNA sequencing and barcoding; 5.5 Plant genomics; 5.6 Analysis of marker data; References; Chapter 6 Conservation of Endangered Wild Harvested Medicinal Plants: Use of DNA Barcoding; 6.1 Wild harvested medicinal plants: background and challenges; 6.2 DNA barcoding general; 6.3 DNA barcoding and species delimitation
6.4 DNA barcodes for plants6.5 Examples of DNA barcoding of cryptic and prepared plant material; 6.6 Plant DNA authentication, verification and certification; 6.7 Future opportunities and challenges; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 7 Market Entry, Standards and Certification; 7.1 Sustainable utilization of indigenous plant products; 7.2 Market entry; 7.3 Certification; 7.4 Developing indigenous plant-based enterprises as viable businesses with developing country communities; Acknowledgements; References; Further reading
Chapter 8 European Union Market Access Categories and Regulatory Requirements for Novel Natural Products8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Raw materials; 8.3 Finished products; 8.4 Summary; Reference; Further reading; Chapter 9 Nutrition, Health and Food Security: Evidence and Priority Actions; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Well-being and nutrition; 9.3 Traditional food cultures; 9.4 Nutrition in pregnancy and infancy; 9.5 Health and nutrition education is central for development; 9.6 Research and development; 9.7 Role of agricultural growth on reducing poverty, hunger and malnutrition; 9.8 Concluding remarks
References
Record Nr. UNINA-9910138956003321
Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014
Materiale a stampa
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Novel plant bioresources : applications in food, medicine and cosmetics / / edited by Ameenah Gurib-Fakim ; contributors Abderrahman Aafi [and eighty five others]
Novel plant bioresources : applications in food, medicine and cosmetics / / edited by Ameenah Gurib-Fakim ; contributors Abderrahman Aafi [and eighty five others]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (556 p.)
Disciplina 333.95/3416
Soggetto topico Plant diversity
Germplasm resources conservation - Economic aspects
Germplasm resources, Plant - Economic aspects
Plant biotechnology
ISBN 1-118-46058-8
1-118-46056-1
1-118-46060-X
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Content; List of contributors; Foreword; Part One Novel Plant Bioresources: Applications in Medicine, Cosmetics, etc.; Chapter 1 Plant Diversity in Addressing Food, Nutrition and Medicinal Needs; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Plant genetic resources for food and agriculture; 1.3 Plant genetic diversity for nutrition; 1.4 Plant diversity for medicines; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 2 World Health Organization Perspective for Traditional Medicine; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Policies on traditional medicine; 2.3 Tools and guidelines
2.4 Implementation of the regional strategy on traditional medicine2.5 The way forward; 2.6 Conclusion; References; Chapter 3 Cultivation of Novel Medicinal Plant Products and Associated Challenges; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Basic principles of novel crop cultivation; 3.3 Case study 1: Pelargonium sidoides; 3.4 Case study 2: Sutherlandia frutescens; 3.5 Case study 3: Euphorbia resinifera; 3.6 Conclusion; References; Further reading; Chapter 4 Enabling Technologies to Facilitate Natural Product-Based Drug Discovery from African Biodiversity; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Enabling-technology platforms
4.3 Natural product diversification and drug metabolite generation platform4.4 Conclusion; References; Chapter 5 Assessing Biodiversity: A Molecular Approach Using DNA Sequencing; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Taxonomy and evolution; 5.3 Assessing diversity; 5.4 DNA sequencing and barcoding; 5.5 Plant genomics; 5.6 Analysis of marker data; References; Chapter 6 Conservation of Endangered Wild Harvested Medicinal Plants: Use of DNA Barcoding; 6.1 Wild harvested medicinal plants: background and challenges; 6.2 DNA barcoding general; 6.3 DNA barcoding and species delimitation
6.4 DNA barcodes for plants6.5 Examples of DNA barcoding of cryptic and prepared plant material; 6.6 Plant DNA authentication, verification and certification; 6.7 Future opportunities and challenges; Acknowledgements; References; Chapter 7 Market Entry, Standards and Certification; 7.1 Sustainable utilization of indigenous plant products; 7.2 Market entry; 7.3 Certification; 7.4 Developing indigenous plant-based enterprises as viable businesses with developing country communities; Acknowledgements; References; Further reading
Chapter 8 European Union Market Access Categories and Regulatory Requirements for Novel Natural Products8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Raw materials; 8.3 Finished products; 8.4 Summary; Reference; Further reading; Chapter 9 Nutrition, Health and Food Security: Evidence and Priority Actions; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Well-being and nutrition; 9.3 Traditional food cultures; 9.4 Nutrition in pregnancy and infancy; 9.5 Health and nutrition education is central for development; 9.6 Research and development; 9.7 Role of agricultural growth on reducing poverty, hunger and malnutrition; 9.8 Concluding remarks
References
Record Nr. UNINA-9910827346503321
Chichester, England : , : Wiley Blackwell, , 2014
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