Genetic resources: Conserving more than 119,000 crop accessions for posterity

ICRISAT, - (2009) Genetic resources: Conserving more than 119,000 crop accessions for posterity. Documentation. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, Andhra Pradesh, India.

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Plant genetic resources are the foundation for crop improvement. Crop diversity in important food crops is being rapidly eroded mainly because traditional landraces are being destroyed or replaced by modern, high yielding cultivars; natural catastrophes (droughts, floods, fire hazards, etc), as well as large-scale destruction and modification of natural habitats harboring wild species. But genetic variation in traditional landraces and wild species is essential for crop improvement, especially to combat pests and diseases, and to produce cultivars better adapted to constantly changing environments. This is where genetic conservation plays a saving role.

Item Type: Monograph (Documentation)
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Subjects: Others > Genetics and Genomics
Depositing User: Mr Siva Shankar
Date Deposited: 02 Mar 2012 04:59
Last Modified: 02 Mar 2012 04:59
URI: http://oar.icrisat.org/id/eprint/5670
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