Genes from the Wild

Using Wild Genetic Resources for Food and Raw Materials

Nonfiction, Reference & Language, Law, Natural Resources
Cover of the book Genes from the Wild by Robert Prescott-Allen, Christine Prescott-Allen, Taylor and Francis
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Author: Robert Prescott-Allen, Christine Prescott-Allen ISBN: 9781134061419
Publisher: Taylor and Francis Publication: November 5, 2013
Imprint: Routledge Language: English
Author: Robert Prescott-Allen, Christine Prescott-Allen
ISBN: 9781134061419
Publisher: Taylor and Francis
Publication: November 5, 2013
Imprint: Routledge
Language: English

Tomatoes could not be grown commercially without the help of their wild relatives. A single wild species of rice has helped double rice production in Asia. Wild silk-worms are enabling India to expand its silk industry. A wild carp with resistance to cold has been used to extend Soviet carp production further into the north. Wild genetic resources - the heritable characteristics of wild plants and animals - are used increasingly to improve domesticated crops and livestock and as new sources of food and of raw materials. But habitat destruction, over-exploitation and competition from introduced species is destroying many gene pools even before they have been identified. Genes from the Wild describes the growing contribution of wild genetic resources to the production of food and raw materials, describes their characteristics, explains the benefits and problems of using them and outlines the ways in which they are threatened and the measures being taken to conserve them. Originally published in 1988

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Tomatoes could not be grown commercially without the help of their wild relatives. A single wild species of rice has helped double rice production in Asia. Wild silk-worms are enabling India to expand its silk industry. A wild carp with resistance to cold has been used to extend Soviet carp production further into the north. Wild genetic resources - the heritable characteristics of wild plants and animals - are used increasingly to improve domesticated crops and livestock and as new sources of food and of raw materials. But habitat destruction, over-exploitation and competition from introduced species is destroying many gene pools even before they have been identified. Genes from the Wild describes the growing contribution of wild genetic resources to the production of food and raw materials, describes their characteristics, explains the benefits and problems of using them and outlines the ways in which they are threatened and the measures being taken to conserve them. Originally published in 1988

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