Agricultural Values of Plant Genetic Resources

by Robert E Evenson, Douglas Gollin, Vittorio Santaniello

Overview

The essays collected here address some of the key issues for estimating the economic value of conserving genetic resources in agriculture. The chapters are grouped into five main categories: modeling the role of genetic resources in plant breeding; empirical studies of plant breeding and field diversity; empirical studies of breeding values; property rights; and the implications of development in biotechnology.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780851992952
Publisher:	CABI
Publication date:	09/01/1998
Series:	CABI Series
Pages:	304
Product dimensions:	6.75(w) x 9.25(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Yale University

Williams College, Massachusetts

University of Rome 'Tor Vergata'

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Editorial Reviews

"The book makes a sound attempt to unravel the economic contribution of PGRs to crop improvement and finds that its contrubution is large. Anyone concerned with PGRs and the economic impact they have on agriculture will find useful information in this book." — E. Charles Brummer, The Quarterly Review of Books, Vol 76, March 2001

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