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Fishing in the gene pool – how useful was the catch?

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 November 2013

Robert Koebner  and
Rodomiro Ortiz
Robert Koebner
Affiliation:
CropGen International, Norwich, UK
Rodomiro Ortiz*
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Alnarp, Sweden
*
* Corresponding author. E-mail: pgrcandu@googlemail.com
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Abstract

A commentary on the highlights of the 2013 EUCARPIA (the European Associationc for Research on Plant Breeding) Plant Genetic Resources Section meeting at the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences in Alnarp is presented here. The central theme of the meeting was the use of plant genetic resources in pre-breeding programmes, particularly in the context of incipient climate change and human population pressure.

Keywords

climate changeex situ conservationin situ conservationpre-breeding
Type
Research Article
Information
Plant Genetic Resources , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , December 2013 , pp. 283 - 287
Copyright
Copyright © NIAB 2013 

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