North American crop wild relatives. Conservation strategies / Volume 1, (2018)

• Record Type: Book
• Other Titles: Conservation strategies
• Further Information: Note: Stephanie L. Greene, Karen A. Williams, Colin K. Khoury, Michael B. Kantar, Laura F. Marek, editors.
• Editors: Greene, Stephanie L; Williams, Karen A; Khoury, Colin K; Kantar, Michael B; Marek, Laura F
• Contents: Securing economically important wild plant species in North America -- Sampling wild species to conserve genetic diversity -- Practicalities of collecting -- Challenges of storing seed of wild species -- Seed production in wild species -- In situ strategies to conserve genetic resources -- Canada -- USA -- Mexico -- Indigenous -- Forging partnerships -- Maize -- Beans -- Grain and cereal crops -- Leafy or stem vegetables -- Root, bulb or tuberous vegetables -- Fruit bearing vegetables -- Temperate small fruits -- Grape -- Temperate tree fruits -- Nut -- Tropical tree fruits -- Sunflower -- Industrial crops -- Forage and turf -- Revegetation species -- Herbaceous ornamentals -- Woody ornamentals -- Aromatics -- Medicinal.
• Publisher Details: Cham : Springer
• Publication Date: 2018
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxv, 346 pages)
• Subjects: 630.97; Endemic plants -- North America; Agriculture; Plant breeding; Plant ecology; Nature conservation; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9783319951010; 3319951017
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.; Note: Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on January 22, 2019).
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