1st Edition

Identity-Preserved Systems A Reference Handbook

By Dennis Strayer Copyright 2002
256 Pages 12 B/W Illustrations
by CRC Press

256 Pages
by CRC Press

Identity-Preserved Systems: A Reference Handbook provides background for the development of processes or systems of maintaining the segregation of and documenting the identity of a product. Growers and other parties that handle, transport, condition, or process the identity-preserved (IP) product must follow strict growing and handling practices, including segregation, inspections, and cleaning of... Read more
INTRODUCTION AND THEORY
Introduction: Background and Project Objectives
Crop Differentiation - Self-Pollinated Crops versus Cross-Pollinated
Basics of an Identity-Preserved (IP) System

APPLICATION
A Complete Value-Chain IP System
Mechanics and Economics of IP Systems
Inspections, Sampling, and Testing
Verification and Documentation Requirements
Third-Party Inspection, Testing, and Verification

SEPARATE RELATED TOPICS
Innovations in IP
Implications for Each Value-Chain Level
Scenarios Regarding the Demand for IP Crops
GMO: Genetically Modified Organisms
Country Requirements for Importation
Existing IP Systems

APPENDICES AND GLOSSARY
Seed Certifying Agencies
AOSCA Summary of IP Services
Organizations Related to IP
Acronyms Used in Agriculture and World Trade
Adventitious Pollen Intrusion into Hybrid Maize Seed Production Fields - A Research Paper with Analysis and Interpretation for Application to Identity-Preserved Systems
Glossary

Biography

Dennis Strayer

"… the writing is direct and clear ... During the past 40 plus years I have been involved with plant genetics and breeding and have become familiar with most of the aspects discussed in the manual … I have neither seen nor been aware of a book that included all aspects of maintaining seed purity such as is included in this manual."
-Arnel R. Hallauer, C.F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture, Iowa State University

writing is direct and clear ... During the past 40 plus years I have been involved with plant genetics and breeding and have become familiar with most of the aspects discussed in the manual … I have neither seen nor been aware of a book that included all aspects of maintaining seed purity such as is included in this manual."
-Arnel R. Hallauer, C.F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor in Agriculture, Iowa State University