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Genetic resources and germplasm collections

Genetic resources and germplasm collectionsThis thematic series has published in
CABI Agriculture and Bioscience.

CABI Agriculture and Bioscience


Guest Edited by: Niklaus Grünwald1 
1 US Department of Agriculture, USA

Innovation in agriculture critically depends on the availability of germplasm collections. Plant germplasm collections provide a reservoir of genes and alleles for introgression of new crop traits and to solve pressing agronomic issues. This thematic series focuses on reviewing the status and challenges of germplasm collections, and addresses various topics such as approaches or tools that could improve the value of germplasm and culture collections, and the economic and social challenges facing collections.

Submission to this thematic series has now closed.

Articles published in this collection:
 

  1. The CGIAR genebank International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) currently holds 1617 banana accessions from 38 countries as an in vitro collection, backed-up by a cryopreserved collection to safeguard global...

    Authors: Ines Van den houwe, Rachel Chase, Julie Sardos, Max Ruas, Els Kempenaers, Valentin Guignon, Sebastien Massart, Sebastien Carpentier, Bart Panis, Mathieu Rouard and Nicolas Roux

    Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2020 1:15

    Content type: Review

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    The Correction to this article has been published in CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2020 1:18

  2. Besides the Basmati, the aromatic rice germplasm (ARG) accessions are treasured for quality, medicinal value and aroma. The demand for aromatic rice is ever increasing. Genetic diversity is the source of varia...

    Authors: G. S. V. Prasad, G. Padmavathi, K. Suneetha, M. S. Madhav and K. Muralidharan

    Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2020 1:13

    Content type: Research

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  3. Well-managed genetic resources and associated metadata are essential to underpin research addressing the challenges to food security, healthcare, climate change, biodiversity, environment, education and our bi...

    Authors: D. Smith, A. Kermode, G. Cafà, A. G. Buddie, T. S. Caine and M. J. Ryan

    Citation: CABI Agriculture and Bioscience 2020 1:2

    Content type: Review

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