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  title info:
    title: Conservation of Tropical Plant Species
  name:
    name part: Normah, M.N.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Chin, H.F.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: Reed, Barbara M.
    role:
      role term: editor.
  name:
    name part: SpringerLink (Online service)
  type of resource: text
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: xxu
    date issued: 2013
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: electronic
    form: electronic resource
    reformatting quality: access
    form: remote
    extent: XIV, 538 p. online resource.
  abstract: The richness of tropical plant diversity is widely recognized and the full range of this diversity is often not well appreciated. This wide diversity includes wild relatives of existing crops or landraces and also many neglected or underutilized species with potential as food sources, medicinal or ornamental uses. The rapid loss of these plant species is also very much recognized as they are under threat from a rapidly increasing population pressure and from natural and manmade disasters. The importance of germplasm conservation is being increasingly realized with expanded effort to conserve tropical plant species by a wide range of countries and international agencies. In situ and ex situ approaches are both needed for optimal conservation. Research on utilization, characterization of the germplasm and development of conservation techniques is being carried out in order to fully safeguard the diversity and to obtain the best storage available for the collections. Information on these approaches is scattered in journals, book chapters and technical reports from scientists in all corners of the world and not readily available to all interested parties. Hence, we feel that it is timely to present these various conservation efforts all in one place. To this end we approached researchers involved in conservation of tropical plant species with diverse viewpoints and from diverse locations to contribute to this book. We hope to provide a review of the methods and current status of conservation of a range of tropical plant species. Plants included in this volume are from the major crops, fruit, oil palm, coconut and forestry species. In addition ornamentals with a focus on orchids, and the spices and medicinal plants are represented. This book also provides information on the richness of tropical plant diversity, the need to conserve, and the potential utilization of these genetic resources. Future perspectives of conservation of tropical species are discussed. Besides bei…
  table of contents: 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.
  note: edited by M.N. Normah, H.F. Chin, Barbara M. Reed.
  subject:
    topic: Life sciences
  subject:
    topic: Conservation biology
  subject:
    topic: Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Plant science
  subject:
    topic: Botany
  subject:
    topic: Plant physiology
  subject:
    topic: Life Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Conservation Biology/Ecology
  subject:
    topic: Plant Sciences
  subject:
    topic: Plant Physiology
  subject:
    topic: Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
  classification: QH75-77
  classification: 577
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      title: Springer eBooks
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