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Conservation and distribution of cassava

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Significant germplasm collections of cassava (Manihot esculenta) have been established in international and regional genebanks and have been used extensively by plant breeders. This chapter describ...
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Significant germplasm collections of cassava (Manihot esculenta) have been established in international and regional genebanks and have been used extensively by plant breeders. This chapter describes both ex situ and in situ techniques of conserving cassava genetic material. The chapter demonstrates in detail that approaches to conservation are only rarely through true (botanical) seed but rather as a field collection which is regenerated every two years, as in vitro plantlets or, in the future, cryopreservation. The chapter analyses techniques of data collection and management in genebanks and germplasm distribution. It presents the case having a large potential for in situ conservation approaches with respect to wild relatives of cassava which have hitherto been unrealised.
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Price: £25.00
Publisher: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Imprint: Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
Series: Burleigh Dodds Series in Agricultural Science
Publication Date: 31 August 2017
ISBN: 9781838790622
Format: eBook
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TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Tropical Agriculture, Tropical agriculture, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Sustainable Agriculture, Sustainable agriculture, Agronomy and crop production

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1 Introduction 2 Origins and genetic diversity of cassava 3 Ex situ conservation of cassava genetic material 4 Field conservation of cassava genetic material 5 Core collections of cassava genetic material 6 In vitro conservation of cassava genetic material 7 Cryopreservation of cassava genetic material 8 Conservation of cassava genetic material as true seed 9 Data collection and management in genebanks 10 Germplasm distribution 11 In situ conservation of cassava genetic material 12 Molecular genetic studies of cassava diversity 13 Where to look for further information 14 Acknowledgements 15 References