Cassava
Cassava

Author: R. J. Hillocks

Publisher: CABI

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 362

ISBN-13: 9780851998831

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Cassava is a major tropical tuber crop found throughout the tropics (India, Oceania, Africa and Latin America). Hitherto, there has been no single text covering all aspects of cassava biology, production and utilization. This book fills that gap, representing the first comprehensive research level overview of this main staple crop. Chapters are written by leading experts in this field from all continents. The book is suitable for those working and researching in cassava, in both developed and developing countries, as well as advanced students.

International Network for Cassava Genetic Resources
International Network for Cassava Genetic Resources

Author: International Network for Cassava Genetic Resources. Meeting

Publisher:

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 190

ISBN-13:

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Cassava: towards the year 2000; Cassava genetic resources in Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean region; Cassava genetic resources in south America; Genetic resources for cassava in Paraguay; Status of cassava genetic resources programmes: priorities in East and Southern Africa for cassava genetic resources network; The status of cassava genetic resources programmes in some west and Central African Countries; Cassava genetic resources programmes in Asia; Genetic resources of cassava in India; Cassava genetic resources in Indonesia: status and future outlook; Cassava genetic resources programme at IITA, Ibadan; Cassava genetic management at CIAT; Manihot germplasm collecting priorities; Manihot genetic diversity; Constraints and prospects of complementaryconservation; Cassava breeders' needs for genetic diversity; Definition of a core collection for cassava; Documentation and databases for germplasm collections; The safe movement of cassava germplasm; Conclusions from the working group on a global conservation strategy for cassava germplasm; Conclusions from the working group on cassava genetic diversity; Conclusions from the working group on cassava genetic resources databases and information systems.

Managing Global Genetic Resources
Managing Global Genetic Resources

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1993-02-01

Total Pages: 476

ISBN-13: 0309131863

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This anchor volume to the series Managing Global Genetic Resources examines the structure that underlies efforts to preserve genetic material, including the worldwide network of genetic collections; the role of biotechnology; and a host of issues that surround management and use. Among the topics explored are in situ versus ex situ conservation, management of very large collections of genetic material, problems of quarantine, the controversy over ownership or copyright of genetic material, and more.

Documenting Domestication
Documenting Domestication

Author: Melinda A. Zeder

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2006-06-20

Total Pages: 377

ISBN-13: 0520932420

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Agriculture is the lever with which humans transformed the earth over the last 10,000 years and created new forms of plant and animal species that have forever altered the face of the planet. In the last decade, significant technological and methodological advances in both molecular biology and archaeology have revolutionized the study of plant and animal domestication and are reshaping our understanding of the transition from foraging to farming, one of the major turning points in human history. This groundbreaking volume for the first time brings together leading archaeologists and biologists working on the domestication of both plants and animals to consider a wide variety of archaeological and genetic approaches to tracing the origin and dispersal of domesticates. It provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art in this quickly changing field as well as reviews of recent findings on specific crop and livestock species in the Americas, Eurasia, and Africa. Offering a unique global perspective, it explores common challenges and potential avenues for future progress in documenting domestication.

Virus and Virus-like Diseases of Major Crops in Developing Countries
Virus and Virus-like Diseases of Major Crops in Developing Countries

Author: Gad Loebenstein

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2013-12-18

Total Pages: 831

ISBN-13: 9400707916

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It appears that a comprehensive and up-to-date book on the impact of virus diseases on the major crops in developing countries is now much needed, especially as there have been rapid advances in the biological and molecular characterization and detection of the pathogens and possible approaches for their control. On the other hand, the economic losses caused by many of these diseases are tremendous and much of the accumulated knowledge to diminish the crop losses has not filtered through, or cannot be applied. This book is focused on the important crops. Each chapter on a specific crop will include inter alia, geographical distribution, the viruses - symptoms, damage, detection - a brief description of the viruses concerned, and present and future ways for their control. Experts from India, Nigeria, UK, USA, France, Germany, Peru, Japan, Australia, Netherlands, Venezuela, Kazakhstan and Israel (many of them from the International Research Institutions) have contributed chapters to this book.

Plant Conservation Biotechnology
Plant Conservation Biotechnology

Author: Dr Erica Benson

Publisher: CRC Press

Published: 2002-04-12

Total Pages: 336

ISBN-13: 0203484193

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Introduces biotechnological techniques which are currently used to conserve horticultural and crop plant germplasm, forest tree genetic resources, endangered plant species, and plant cell culture collections. Covers techniques and applications.