Plant Conservation Genetics

• About the Editor
  
• Contributors
  
• Chapter 1. Plant Conservation Genetics: Importance, Options, and Opportunities (Robert J. Henry)
  
• Introduction
  
• Importance of Plants in Life
  
• Role of Genetics
  
• Options and Strategies for Plant Conservation
  
• Opportunities for Application of Plant Conservation Genetics
  
• Overview of Plant Conservation Genetics
  
• Chapter 2. Techniques for ex Situ Plant Conservation (Imke Thormann, Mohammad Dulloo, and Johannes Engles)
  
• Introduction
  
• Historical Context
  
• Seed and Ultra-Dry Seed Storage
  
• Botanic Garden Conservation
  
• DNA Storage
  
• Field Gene Banks
  
• In Vitro Techniques
  
• Pollen Storage
  
• Germplasm Collection and Management
  
• Complementary Conservation
  
• Chapter 3. Strategies Employed to Collect Plant Genetic Resources for ex Situ Conservation (Sally L. Dillon)
  
• Introduction
  
• Planning Your Collecting Mission
  
• Data and Seed Collection
  
• Postcollection Activities and Seed Processing for ex Situ Conservation
  
• Recent Collecting by the Australian Tropical Crops and Forages Collection
  
• Concluding Remarks
  
• Chapter 4. The Role of Genetic Resources Held in Seed Banks in Plant Improvement (Tsukasa Nagamine)
  
• Introduction
  
• New Alleles on Wx Genes Found in Local Wheat Cultivars
  
• Null Allele of Lipoxygenase-3 from Rice Local Cultivars Using Core Collection
  
• Characterizing Natural Genes Controlling the Heading of Rice by QTL Analysis
  
• Discovery of the Gene Controlling Seed Longevity of Rice
  
• Effective Management of the Stock Database by Seed Lot Unit
  
• Conservation and Multiplication of Plant Genetic Resources in the Country of Origin
  
• Evaluation Database for Heterogeneous Plant Genetic Resources
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 5. Botanic Gardens and Conservation (Robert O. Makinson)
  
• Introduction
  
• Critical Factors in Using Botanic Gardens for Conservation Science
  
• Who Has What Species?
  
• Acknowledgment and Promotion of ex Situ Collections
  
• Property Rights, Access, and Benefit Sharing
  
• Chapter 6. Conservation of Plant Genes and the Role of DNA Banks (Nicole Rice)
  
• Introduction
  
• Conservation of Plant Biodiversity
  
• Ex Situ Collections
  
• How Do We Define a DNA Bank?
  
• Database and Sample Management
  
• Collection Strategies
  
• DNA Extraction and Storage
  
• Constraints for ex Situ Collections and DNA Banks
  
• Concluding Remarks
  
• Chapter 7. Strategies for in Situ Conservation (Ghillean T. Prance)
  
• Introduction
  
• Identification of Ecosystems to Be Conserved
  
• Relationships with the Local Population
  
• Protection Legislation
  
• Monitoring
  
• Maintaining the Ecosystem
  
• A Management Plan
  
• Conclusion
  
• Appendix: Article 8 of the Convention on Biological Diversity (UNEP/CBD, 1994)
  
• Chapter 8. Impact of Habitat Fragmentation on Plant Populations (Maurizio Rossetto)
  
• Introduction
  
• Consequences of Habitat Fragmentation: Genetic Hazards Small, Isolated Populations Face
  
• Conclusion: Developing Informative Habitat Fragmentation Research
  
• Chapter 9. Molecular Analysis of Plant Genetic Resources (Glenn Bryan)
  
• Rationale for Molecular Analysis of Plant Genetic Resources
  
• Molecular Marker Techniques Available for the Analysis of Plant Genetic Resources
  
• Trends in the Use of Molecular Markers
  
• Levels of Polymorphism and Congruence of Different Types of Molecular Data
  
• Molecular Marker Analysis of Collections of Plant Genetic Resources
  
• Toward Universal or Standardized Marker Data Sets for Plant Germplasm
  
• A New Paradigm: A DNA Sequence Is Forever!
  
• Conclusion
  
• Chapter 10. Analysis of Nuclear, Mitochondrial, and Chloroplast Genomes in Plant Conservation (C. Q. Sun)
  
• Introduction
  
• Analysis of Nuclear Genomes
  
• Comparative Analysis of the Genomes of Plants
  
• Analysis of the Mitochondrial Genome
  
• Analysis of the Chloroplast Genome
  
• Concluding Remarks
  
• Chapter 11. Genomics and Plant Biodiversity Management (Robert J. Henry)
  
• Introduction
  
• Variation in Sizes of Genomes
  
• Number of Genes
  
• Ploidy and Gene Duplication
  
• Repetitive Elements
  
• Comparative Genomics
  
• Base Composition and Codon Usage
  
• Understanding the Evolution of Plant Genomes
  
• Opportunities
  
• Applications to Date
  
• Challenges for the Future
  
• Index
  
• Reference Notes Included
  

Biography

Robert J Henry