Conservation of Tropical Plant Species /
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| Formato: | eBook |
| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York, NY :
Springer New York : Imprint: Springer,
2013.
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| Edición: | 1st ed. 2013. |
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Preface
- Introduction
- Tropical Biodiversity: Need for conservation
- Section I: Conservation
- Conservation of tropical plant genetic resources – In situ approach
- Collecting the wild relatives of crops in the tropics
- Seed banks for future generations
- Pollen cryobanking for tropical plant species
- In vitro genebanks for preserving tropical biodiversity
- Cryopreservation
- Biospecimen science for the In Vitro conservation of tropical plants
- Section II: Current status
- Conservation of Fruit Genetic Resources
- Conservation of orchids the gems of the tropics
- Conservation of oil palm and coconut genetic resources
- Current status of conserving tropical leguminous food crops
- Tropical and Subtropical Root and Tuber Crops
- Cereals
- Diversity & 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
- Spices and tree borne oil seed crops
- Conservation of medicinal plants in the tropics
- Section III: Future perspectives
- Global challenges for agricultural plant biodiversity and international collaboration
- Major research challenges+ Directions for future research.