Conservation of Plant Genes. DNA Banking and in Vitro Biotechnology

Content: 
Front Matter, Page iii
Copyright, Page iv
DNA Bank-Net Workshop Participants, Pages ix-x
PREFACE, Pages xi-xii
EFFORTS TO CONSERVE TROPICAL PLANTS - A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE, Pages 1-14
THE GENE LIBRARY - PRESERVATION AND ANALYSIS OF GENETIC DIVERSITY IN AUSTRALASIA, Pages 15-35
FLORISTIC DIVERSITY, BOTANICAL EXPLORATION AND THE ESTABLISHMENT OF A GERMPLASM BANK FOR CONSERVATION IN THE NEOTROPIC: THE COLOMBIAN VIEW, Pages 37-44
THE ECONOMIC IMPACT OF NOVEL GENES IN PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY: NOT WITHOUT STRONG INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS, Pages 45-67
GERMPLASM CONSERVATION AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, Pages 69-74
FEASIBILITY OF OBTAINING COMPARATIVE GENE SEQUENCE DATA FROM PRESERVED AND FOSSIL MATERIALS, Pages 75-98
PROSPECTS OF ACCESSING DNA BANKS FOR THE ISOLATION OF GENES ENCODING BIOLOGICALLY ACTIVE PROTEINS, Pages 99-118
THE DISCOVERY OF MEDICINES AND FOREST CONSERVATION, Pages 119-134
PRESERVATION OF DNA IN PLANT SPECIMENS FROM TROPICAL SPECIES BY DESICCATION, Pages 135-152
SOME POSSIBLE APPLICATIONS OF MOLECULAR GENETICS IN THE CONSERVATION OF WILD SPECIES FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT, Pages 153-181
FREEZE-PRESERVATION OF EMBRYOGENIC MUSA SUSPENSION CULTURES, Pages 183-195
CRYOCONSERVATION OF MUSA SPP AND ITS POTENTIAL FOR LONG-TERM STORAGE OF OTHER TROPICAL CROPS, Pages 197-210
CHROMOSOME VARIATION IN CALLUS CULTURE OF GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM L., Pages 211-221
DNA POLYMORPHISM IN WHEAT AND ITS RELATIVES, Pages 223-234
IN SITU CONSERVATION OF PLANTS WITH POTENTIAL ECONOMIC VALUE, Pages 235-239
SCREENING VALUABLE GENES FROM WILD SPECIES OF PLANTS, Pages 241-246
THE STATUS OF RARE AND ENDANGERED PLANTS IN CHINA AND EFFORTS FOR THEIR PROTECTION, Pages 247-255
TRANSPORTATION OF PLANT MATERIALS OUT OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, Pages 257-266
STUDIES OF THE RARE AND ENDANGERED PLANT SPECIES IN THE YUNNAN REGION OF CHINA, Pages 267-271
CURRENT STATUS OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES IN ETHIOPIA, Pages 273-285
CONSERVATION OF PLANT DIVERSITY IN JAPAN, Pages 287-292
STATUS OF FOREST CONSERVATION FOR MAINTENANCE OF BIODIVERSITY IN NIGERIA, Pages 293-310
INDIGENOUS FLORA CONSERVATION IN KENYA, Pages 311-324
TASK GROUP REPORTS, Pages 325-340
DNA BANK-NET DIRECTORY, Pages 341-345