BIOTECHNOLOGY AND PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES Conservation and Use
Biotechnology and Plant Genetic Resources Conservation and Use
Edited by
J.A. Callow, B.V. Ford-Lloyd and
H.J. Newbury School of Biological Sciences University of Birmingham UK
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Contents
Contributors
vii
Preface
ix
Foreword G.C. Hawtin
xi
1.
Overview J.A. Callow, B.V. Ford-Lloyd and H.J. Newbury
1
2.
Use of molecular marker techniques for description of plant genetic variation A.L. Westman and S. Kresovich
9
3.
Genetic diversity – population structure and conservation M.D. Hayward and N.R. Sackville Hamilton
49
4.
Genomic relationships, conserved synteny and wide-hybrids D.A. Laurie, G.J. Bryan and J.W. Snape
77
5.
Molecular markers and the management of genetic resources in seed genebanks: a case study of rice. B.V. Ford-Lloyd, M.T. Jackson and H.J. Newbury
103
6.
In vitro conservation methods F. Engelmann
119
7.
Conservation of DNA: DNA banking R.P. Adams
163
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Genetic resources and plant breeding – identification, mapping and manipulation of simple and complex traits M.J. Kearsey
175
Gene identification, isolation and transfer I.D. Godwin
203
10.
Importance of biotechnology for germplasm health and