The U.S. National Plant Germplasm System
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| Formato: | Libro electrónico |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Washington, D.C. :
National Academy Press
1991.
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| Edición: | 1st ed |
| Colección: | Managing global genetic resources.
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| Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull: | https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009816729106719 |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Managing Global Genetic Resources
- Copyright
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
- Contents
- Executive Summary
- GERMPLASM: A RESOURCE AND A RESPONSIBILITY
- AN OVERVIEW OF THE SYSTEM
- Collections and Facilities
- Support for the System
- LEADERSHIP AND ADVISORY FUNCTIONS
- FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
- Administration
- Options for Achieving National Coordination
- Advisory Groups
- Germplasm Acquisition and Collections
- Facilities and Personnel
- The Mission of the National System
- International Policies and Cooperation
- Information Management
- Research
- 1 Managing Crop Genetic Resources
- GERMPLASM AND GERMPLASM COLLECTIONS
- PRESERVING PLANT GERMPLASM
- THE CHALLENGES OF CONSERVING AND MANAGING PLANT GERMPLASM
- STRUCTURE OF A GERMPLASM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
- The Diversity and Size of Collections
- Management and Global Responsibility
- PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES
- The Foundation of Crop Improvement
- Importance to Society and the Environment
- International Exchange
- ORIGINS OF THE NATIONAL SYSTEM
- Development of Germplasm Activities in the United States
- Emergence of the NPGS
- 2 Elements of the National Plant Germplasm System
- GENETIC RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES
- ACQUISITION
- Plant Introduction Office
- Plant Exploration
- National Plant Germplasm Quarantine Center
- Interregional Research Project-2
- CONSERVATION
- Active Collections
- Regional Plant Introduction Stations
- National Clonal Germplasm Repositories
- Interregional Research Project-1
- National Small Grains Collection
- Other Crop Collections
- Genetic Stock Collections
- National Arboretum
- Base Collections
- National Seed Storage Laboratory
- Vegetatively Propagated Germplasm
- MANAGEMENT
- Seed Viability Testing
- Regeneration and Multiplication
- Distribution.
- Characterization and Evaluation
- Documentation
- UTILIZATION
- Colleges, Universities, and the National System
- Private Industry and the NPGS
- PLANT GERMPLASM ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL SYSTEM
- Botanical Gardens and Arboreta
- Nongovernmental Activities and Private Collections
- 3 Administration of the National System
- THE NPGS IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
- The Agricultural Research Service
- System of Personnel Classification and Promotion
- The Cooperative State Research Service
- State Agricultural Experiment Stations
- Other USDA Cooperators
- ADVISERS TO THE SYSTEM
- The National Plant Genetic Resources Board
- The National Plant Germplasm Committee
- The Crop Advisory Committees
- Technical Committees and Technical Advisory Committees
- The Plant Germplasm Operations Committee
- 4 Prescription for Effectiveness
- ACHIEVING A NATIONALLY MANAGED SYSTEM
- Creation of a Reorganized System Outside the ARS
- Elevation of the NPGS within ARS
- CHANGES IN THE ADVISORY STRUCTURE
- GERMPLASM ACQUISITION AND COLLECTIONS
- Plant Exploration
- The Plant Introduction Office
- Quarantine
- National Collections
- Crop Curators
- Base Collections
- A Special Collections
- Genetic Stocks
- Establishing Core Subsets
- Cooperation with Other Collections
- In Situ Conservation
- FACILITIES AND PERSONNEL
- National Seed Storage Laboratory
- External Review
- Location
- New Facilities
- Staffing
- Training
- Classification and Promotion
- THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL SYSTEM
- International Policies and Cooperation
- INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
- Completion of the Database
- Passport and Descriptor Data
- Accessibility of Data
- RESEARCH
- Research Agenda
- Program Review
- Promoting Research
- CONCLUSION
- References
- Glossary
- Abbreviations
- Authors
- Index.
