Ebook: Genetic Resources of Mediterranean Pasture and Forage Legumes

Genetic Resources of Mediterranean Pasture and Forage Legumes is a comprehensive review of grassland improvement in Mediterranean areas using legume species. The book includes a detailed account of the processes involved in understanding the ecology of legumes and their collection in the Mediterranean, through to their preliminary evaluation and storage at various Genetic Resource Centres. A generic conspectus and key to the forage legumes of the Mediterranean basin is also included. These proceedings are truly international with examples on the collection and use of Mediterranean genetic resources being illustrated by Genetic Resource Centres in Australia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Syria, Turkey and Tunisia. Current important issues such as the sustainability of Mediterranean grasslands, the risk of genetic erosion and the principles of population genetics employed during a collecting mission are discussed.
The book will be of value to researchers working in the fields of grassland and rangeland improvement, Mediterranean farming systems, genetic resources, and pasture and forage ecology.

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Genetic Resources of Mediterranean Pasture and Forage Legumes is a comprehensive review of grassland improvement in Mediterranean areas using legume species. The book includes a detailed account of the processes involved in understanding the ecology of legumes and their collection in the Mediterranean, through to their preliminary evaluation and storage at various Genetic Resource Centres. A generic conspectus and key to the forage legumes of the Mediterranean basin is also included. These proceedings are truly international with examples on the collection and use of Mediterranean genetic resources being illustrated by Genetic Resource Centres in Australia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Syria, Turkey and Tunisia. Current important issues such as the sustainability of Mediterranean grasslands, the risk of genetic erosion and the principles of population genetics employed during a collecting mission are discussed.
The book will be of value to researchers working in the fields of grassland and rangeland improvement, Mediterranean farming systems, genetic resources, and pasture and forage ecology.

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Genetic Resources of Mediterranean Pasture and Forage Legumes is a comprehensive review of grassland improvement in Mediterranean areas using legume species. The book includes a detailed account of the processes involved in understanding the ecology of legumes and their collection in the Mediterranean, through to their preliminary evaluation and storage at various Genetic Resource Centres. A generic conspectus and key to the forage legumes of the Mediterranean basin is also included. These proceedings are truly international with examples on the collection and use of Mediterranean genetic resources being illustrated by Genetic Resource Centres in Australia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Syria, Turkey and Tunisia. Current important issues such as the sustainability of Mediterranean grasslands, the risk of genetic erosion and the principles of population genetics employed during a collecting mission are discussed.
The book will be of value to researchers working in the fields of grassland and rangeland improvement, Mediterranean farming systems, genetic resources, and pasture and forage ecology.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages N1-8
Introduction: Role of pasture and forage legumes in mediterranean farming systems....Pages 9-19
Reproductive strategies and genetic structure of wild and naturalised legume populations....Pages 20-31
Reasons for collecting wild plants....Pages 32-40
Using collections to describe ecological relationships....Pages 41-52
Ecogeography and genetic conservation....Pages 53-66
Genetic erosion of pasture and forage legumes in the Mediterranean basin....Pages 67-77
Sampling wild legume populations....Pages 78-89
The need to collect new pasture and forage species....Pages 90-95
The host-rhizobia relationship....Pages 96-106
The agronomic purpose of evaluation: Relating nurseries to field situations....Pages 107-119
Evaluation of the feeding value of pasture legumes....Pages 120-131
The influence of storage conditions on seed viability....Pages 132-140
The characterisation and preliminary evaluation of Medicago and Trifolium germplasm....Pages 141-149
Plant genetic resources programme in Turkey with special reference to forage legumes....Pages 150-162
Forage and pasture legume genetic resources at ICARDA....Pages 163-170
From free access to fair trade: Political dimensions of collecting in situ plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA)....Pages 171-181
A generic conspectus of the forage legumes of the Mediterranean basin....Pages 182-226
Conservation and utilisation of agricultural diversity in Greece. Current status and perspectives....Pages 227-230
Conserving plant genetic resources in Cyprus....Pages 231-234
Observations on the distribution and ecology of annual Medicago species in northern Tunisia....Pages 235-238
Back Matter....Pages 239-245

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Genetic Resources of Mediterranean Pasture and Forage Legumes is a comprehensive review of grassland improvement in Mediterranean areas using legume species. The book includes a detailed account of the processes involved in understanding the ecology of legumes and their collection in the Mediterranean, through to their preliminary evaluation and storage at various Genetic Resource Centres. A generic conspectus and key to the forage legumes of the Mediterranean basin is also included. These proceedings are truly international with examples on the collection and use of Mediterranean genetic resources being illustrated by Genetic Resource Centres in Australia, Cyprus, France, Greece, Syria, Turkey and Tunisia. Current important issues such as the sustainability of Mediterranean grasslands, the risk of genetic erosion and the principles of population genetics employed during a collecting mission are discussed.
The book will be of value to researchers working in the fields of grassland and rangeland improvement, Mediterranean farming systems, genetic resources, and pasture and forage ecology.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages N1-8
Introduction: Role of pasture and forage legumes in mediterranean farming systems....Pages 9-19
Reproductive strategies and genetic structure of wild and naturalised legume populations....Pages 20-31
Reasons for collecting wild plants....Pages 32-40
Using collections to describe ecological relationships....Pages 41-52
Ecogeography and genetic conservation....Pages 53-66
Genetic erosion of pasture and forage legumes in the Mediterranean basin....Pages 67-77
Sampling wild legume populations....Pages 78-89
The need to collect new pasture and forage species....Pages 90-95
The host-rhizobia relationship....Pages 96-106
The agronomic purpose of evaluation: Relating nurseries to field situations....Pages 107-119
Evaluation of the feeding value of pasture legumes....Pages 120-131
The influence of storage conditions on seed viability....Pages 132-140
The characterisation and preliminary evaluation of Medicago and Trifolium germplasm....Pages 141-149
Plant genetic resources programme in Turkey with special reference to forage legumes....Pages 150-162
Forage and pasture legume genetic resources at ICARDA....Pages 163-170
From free access to fair trade: Political dimensions of collecting in situ plant genetic resources for food and agriculture (PGRFA)....Pages 171-181
A generic conspectus of the forage legumes of the Mediterranean basin....Pages 182-226
Conservation and utilisation of agricultural diversity in Greece. Current status and perspectives....Pages 227-230
Conserving plant genetic resources in Cyprus....Pages 231-234
Observations on the distribution and ecology of annual Medicago species in northern Tunisia....Pages 235-238
Back Matter....Pages 239-245
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