<mods:mods version="3.3" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-3.xsd" xmlns:mods="http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"><mods:titleInfo><mods:title>ICRISAT and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault Partnership</mods:title></mods:titleInfo><mods:name type="personal"><mods:namePart type="given">-</mods:namePart><mods:namePart type="family">ICRISAT</mods:namePart><mods:role><mods:roleTerm type="text">author</mods:roleTerm></mods:role></mods:name><mods:abstract>Plant genetic resources (PGR) are the foundation&#13;
for crop improvement and contribute towards&#13;
global objectives of food security, poverty&#13;
alleviation, environmental protection and sustainable&#13;
development. Currently, over six million accessions of&#13;
various plant germplasm, including the agronomically&#13;
important crops, are conserved in over 1300&#13;
genebanks worldwide.&#13;
The ICRISAT Genebank.....................</mods:abstract><mods:classification authority="lcc">Genetics and Genomics</mods:classification><mods:classification authority="lcc">Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics</mods:classification><mods:originInfo><mods:dateIssued encoding="iso8061">2008</mods:dateIssued></mods:originInfo><mods:originInfo><mods:publisher>International Crops Research Institute for Semi-Arid Tropics </mods:publisher></mods:originInfo><mods:genre>Monograph</mods:genre></mods:mods>