The Use of Plant Genetic Resources.

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Preface Acknowledgements Part I. Role of Genetic Resource Collections in Research and Breeding: 1. Germplasm collections and the public plant breeder K. S. Gill 2. Germplasm collections and the private plant breeder J. S. C. Smith and D. N. Duvick 3. Germplasm collections and the experimental biologist R. G. Palmer Part II. Use of Collections: 4. International use of a sorghum germplasm collection K. E. Prasada Rao, M. H. Mengesha and V. G. Reddy 5. Current use of potato collections J. G. Th. Hermsen 6. Use of collections in cereal improvement in semi-arid areas J. P. Srivastava and A. B. Damania 7. Limitations to the use of germplasm collections D. R. Marshall Part III. Size and Structure of Collections: 8. The case for large collections T. T. Chang 9. The Case for core collections A. H. D. Brown 10. The role of networks of dispersed collections P. M. Perret Part IV. Evaluation: 11. Characterisation and evaluation of okra S. Hamon and D. H. van Sloten 12. Evaluation of cereals in Europe G. Fischbeck 13. Evaluatling the germplasm of groundnut (Arachis hypogaea) and wild Arachis species at ICRISAT J. P. Moss, V. Ramanatha Rao and R. W. Gibbons 14. Practical considerations relevant to effective evaluation J. T. Williams 15. Principles and strategies of evaluation O. H. Frankel Part V. Wild Relatives of Crops: 16. Collection strategies for the wild relatives of field crops C. G. D. Cahpman 17. Wild relatives as sources of disease resistance J. J. Burdon and A. M. Jarosz 18. Ecological and genetic considerations in collecting and using wild relatives G. Ladizinsky Part VI. Technological or Scientific Innovations that Affect the use of Genetic Resources: 19. In vitro conservation and germplasm utilisation L. A. Withers 20. Screening for resistance to diseases P. H. Williams 21. Restriction fragments as molecular markers for germplasm evaluation and utilisation R. Bernatsky and S. D. Tanksley 22. Molecular biology and genetic resources W. J. Peacock Index.