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Seed storage of plant genetic resources

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Andrew Praciak
Andrew Praciak
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Department of Plant Sciences and Natural Resources, CAB INTERNATIONAL, Wallingford, Oxon OX10 8DE, UK
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The need to conserve plant genetic resources can no longer be in doubt. The destruction of natural habitats, the replacement of multiple cropping systems with monocultures, the replacement of traditional varieties with uniform high-yielding cultivars all lead to genetic erosion and the loss of crop and plant diversity. Genetic resources are vital for crop breeding programmes as sources of new genes for, for example, disease and pest resistance. They are also vital as sources of pharmaceutical and novel industrial and food products. In their own right they may have potential as new crops.

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Ecology
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Seed Science Research , Volume 6 , Issue 2 , June 1996 , pp. 71 - 75
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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