Book ID: 69273
Quah, S. C., R. Kiew, I. Bujang, M. Kusnan, N. Haq and P.de Groot (ed.)
Underutilised Tropical Plant Genetic Resources. Conservation and Utilisation. 1996. VII, 353 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
Comprises 35 chapters ranging from basic aspects such as the originand centres of biodiversity. domestication of underutilised crops,ethnobotany, role of taxonomy and herbarium in conservation, datamanagement of genetic resources, screening techniques and methods ofevaluation and conservation of genetic resources to indepth studies forfurther improvement of successfully exploited plant model systems suchas the Hevea rubber and oil palm.