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The richness of tropical plant diversity is widely recognized and the full range of this diversity is often not well appreciated. This wide diversity includes wild relatives of existing crops or landraces and also many neglected or underutilized species with potential as food sources, medicinal or o...
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Springer,
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| Publisher Address: | New York, NY : |
| Publication Dates: | 2013. |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4614-3776-5 |
| Summary: |
The richness of tropical plant diversity is widely recognized and the full range of this diversity is often not well appreciated. This wide diversity includes wild relatives of existing crops or landraces and also many neglected or underutilized species with potential as food sources, medicinal or ornamental uses. The rapid loss of these plant species is also very much recognized as they are under threat from a rapidly increasing population pressure and from natural and manmade disasters. The importance of germplasm conservation is being increasingly realized with expanded effort to conserve tropical plant species by a wide range of countries and international agencies. In situ and ex situ approaches are both needed for optimal conservation. Research on utilization, characterization of the germplasm and development of conservation techniques is being carried out in order to fully safeguard the diversity and to obtain the best storage available for the collections. Information on these approaches is scattered in journals, book chapters and technical reports from scientists in all corners of the world and not readily available to all interested parties. Hence, we feel that it is timely to present these various conservation efforts all in one place. To this end we approached researchers involved in conservation of tropical plant species with diverse viewpoints and from diverse locations to contribute to this book. We hope to provide a review of the methods and current status of conservation of a range of tropical plant species. Plants included in this volume are from the major crops, fruit, oil palm, coconut and forestry species. In addition ornamentals with a focus on orchids, and the spices and medicinal plants are represented. This book also provides information on the richness of tropical plant diversity, the need to conserve, and the potential utilization of these genetic resources. Future perspectives of conservation of tropical species are discussed. Besides b |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: |
9781461437765 (electronic bk.) 1461437768 (electronic bk.) |
| Index Number: | QK936 |
| CLC: | Q94 |
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Conservation Methods -- Conservation of Tropical Plant Genetic Resources: In Situ Approach / Collecting the Wild Relatives of Crops in the Tropics / Seed Banks for Future Generation / Pollen Cryobanking for Tropical Plant Species / In Vitro Genebanks for Preserving Tropical Biodiversity / Cryopreservation / Biomarkers from Molecules to Ecosystems and Biobanks to Genebanks / Current status -- Conservation of Tropical Fruit Genetic Resources / Conservation of Orchids the Gems of the Tropics / Conservation of Oil Palm and Coconut Genetic Resources / Conserving Tropical Leguminous Food Crops / Tropical and Subtropical Root and Tuber Crops / Cereals / Diversity and Conservation of Tropical Forestry Species in Southeast Asia / The In Vitro Conservation of Plants Native to the Brazilian Amazon and Atlantic Forests / Ex Situ Conservation of Plant Genetic Resources of Major Vegetables / Conservation of Spices and Tree Borne Oil Seed Crops / Conservation of Medicinal Plants in the Tropics / Future perspectives -- Global Challenges for Agricultural Plant Biodiversity and International Collaboration / Major Research Challenges and Directions for Future Research / |