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Plant Genetic Diversity: Statistical methods for analyzing distribution and diversity of species

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Title Plant Genetic Diversity: Statistical methods for analyzing distribution and diversity of species
 
Creator Singh, Murari
 
Contributor Damania, Ardeshir B.
Chaubey, Yogendra Prasad
 
Description Availability of plant genetic diversity is fundamental to the existence of the living
planet. Conservation of biodiversity has been a practice of all concerned professions,
including farmers, since ancient times. However, the changes in environmental conditions
and pressures from population and technological change have resulted in genetic
modification, including replacement of landraces and erosion of genetic diversity.
The relationship between loss of diversity and climate change has been well recognized
with unprecedented higher levels of species extinction (Hooper et al. 2012).
In order to minimize genetic erosion and capture diversity, a need for collection
and conservation of biodiversity has been stressed in the Convention on Biological
Diversity (Articles 8 and 9, CBD 1992), Agenda 21 (Chapters 14 and 15, UNCED
1992), and the Global Biodiversity Strategy (WRI et al. 1992), using several mechanisms
such as in-situ, ex-situ, and in-vitro conservation. A number of references dealing
with various aspects can be found in Guarino et al. (1995). Technical guidelines
for germplasm exploration and collection including planning, methods, and procedures
illustrated with real germplasm collection missions are given in Engels et al.
(1995), whereas examples of planning and execution of a genetic resource collection
have been given in Bennett (1970), Chang (1985), Damania (1987), and Kameswara
Rao and Bramel (2000). This chapter discusses, in brief, statistical features of collection
and analysis of data in this context.
 
Date 2016-02-16
2016-05-05T14:50:28Z
2016-05-05T14:50:28Z
 
Type Book Chapter
 
Identifier http://www.crcnetbase.com/doi/abs/10.1201/b19518-19
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Murari Singh, Ardeshir B. Damania, Yogendra Prasad Chaubey. (16/2/2016). Plant Genetic Diversity: Statistical methods for analyzing distribution and diversity of species, in "Applied Mathematics and Omics to Assess Crop Genetic Resources for Climate Change Adaptive Traits". Boca Raton, United States: Taylor & Francis (CRC Press).
https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11766/4738
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Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-NC-4.0
 
Format PDF
 
Publisher Taylor & Francis (CRC Press)