Plant genebanks: Present situation and proposals for their improvement. The case of the Spanish network
Genebanks were created by the middle of the twentieth century to preserve cultivatedbiodiversity when landraces began to be substituted by modern varieties. This move wasgenerally accepted as a necessary step to safeguard the future. After about 75 yearsof collecting and maintaining genetic resource...
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| Tipo de recurso: | artículo |
| Fecha de publicación: | 2018 |
| País: | España |
| Institución: | Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) |
| Repositorio: | UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC |
| Idioma: | inglés |
| OAI Identifier: | oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/130763 |
| Acceso en línea: | https://hdl.handle.net/2117/130763 https://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2018.01794 |
| Access Level: | acceso abierto |
| Palabra clave: | Germplasm resources, Plant genetic variability phenotypic variation ex situconservation landraces crop wild relatives seedbanks gene conservation plant genetic resources Genètica vegetal Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria agroalimentària::Agricultura::Biotecnologia i millora genètica vegetal |
| Sumario: | Genebanks were created by the middle of the twentieth century to preserve cultivatedbiodiversity when landraces began to be substituted by modern varieties. This move wasgenerally accepted as a necessary step to safeguard the future. After about 75 yearsof collecting and maintaining genetic resources, the increasing ability of biotechnologyto create new variability brings the roles of genebanks in the present and near futureinto question. As a continuation of several workshops that started in 2014, staff ofsome representative genebanks have met to discuss how the Spanish Plant GeneticResources Network can be improved, identifying the following major shortcomings |
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