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 origin and centres of biodiversity. domestication of underutilised crops,ethnobotany, role of taxonomy and herbarium in conservation, data management of genetic resources, screening techniques and methods of evaluation and conservation of genetic resources to in depth studies for further improvement of successfully exploited plant model systems such as the Hevea rubber and oil palm.