Conserving genetic resources for agriculture: counting the cost

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dc.creatorKoo, Bonwoo
dc.creatorPardey, Philip G.
dc.creatorWright, Brian D.
dc.date2003
dc.date2024-10-24T12:45:39Z
dc.date2024-10-24T12:45:39Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:46:18Z
dc.descriptionAs improved crop varieties developed by scientific breeding spread throughout the world in the latter half of the 20th century, the risk of excessive reliance by farmers and breeders on a narrowing genetic base was dramatized by the infestation and vulnerability of U.S. hybrid corn with cytoplasm male sterility to southern corn leaf blight. Events like this spurred worldwide efforts to greatly expand the amount of agricultural biodiversity conserved in genebanks. More recently, microarray and other modern biotechnologies that provide new and less costly ways of screening crop samples for useful traits have increased the value of conserved genetic resources and focused worldwide attention on access to and use rights of traditional crop varieties, or landraces, stored in situ (place of origin) or in ex situ genebanks worldwide.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/156820
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/114142
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceKoo, Bonwoo; Pardey, Philip G.; Wright, Brian D. 2003. Conserving genetic resources for agriculture: counting the cost. Research at a Glance Brief. 6. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156820
dc.subjectresearch
dc.subjectcgiar
dc.subjectconservation
dc.subjectcosts
dc.subjectgenetic resources
dc.subjectagriculture
dc.subjectplants
dc.titleConserving genetic resources for agriculture: counting the cost
dc.typeBrief

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