A global approach to crop wild relative conservation: Securing the gene pool for food and agriculture

Kew Bulletin

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 561-576

  Maxted, Nigel ^a   Kell, Shelagh ^a   Toledo, Álvaro ^b   Dulloo, Ehsan ^c   Heywood, Vernon ^d   Hodgkin, Toby ^c   Hunter, Danny ^c   Guarino, Luigi ^e   Jarvis, Andy ^f   Ford Lloyd, Brian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM   (United Kingdom)

^b FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS   (Italy)

^c BIOVERSITY INTERNATIONAL   (Italy)

^d UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^e GLOBAL CROP DIVERSITY TRUST   (Germany)

^f INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR TROPICAL AGRICULTURE CIAT   (Colombia)

Author keywords

conservation; crop diversity; crop wild relatives; genetic diversity; plant genetic resources for food and agriculture

Indexed keywords

EID: 79957506617     PISSN: 00755974     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12225-011-9253-4     Document Type: Article

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