Challenges in conserving and utilizing plant genetic resources (PGR)

Bibliography on Access to Plant Genetic Resources and Intellectual Property Rights International Plant Genetic Resources Institute

Cryopreservation of Plant Genetic Resources

Plant Genetic Resources: Effective Utilization

Characterizing and better understanding the genome organization and differentiating identity of genotypes based on their morphology and genome characteristics are vital determinants in their commercialization, management of germplasm repositories, and genetic conservation. Morphoagronomic characterization of plants is not always feasible or sometimes labor intensive. Employing chloroplast, mito...

Conserving Genetic Resources for Agriculture : Counting the Cost

Bonwoo Koo is a research fellow in the Environment and Production Technology Division of IFPRI. Philip G. Pardey is a professor in the Department of Applied Economics at the University of Minnesota. At the time of this research, he was a senior research fellow at IFPRI. Brian D. Wright is a professor in the Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics at the University of California, Berke...

What lies underneath: conserving the oceans' genetic resources.

The marine realm represents 70% of the surface of the biosphere and contains a rich variety of organisms, including more than 34 of the 36 living phyla, some of which are only found in the oceans. The number of marine species used by humans is growing at unprecedented rates, including the rapid domestication of marine species for aquaculture and the discovery of natural products and genes of me...