Crop wild relative conservation and use/ 
edited by N. Maxted. 
 - Wallingford:  CABI,  2008. 
 - xxv, 682 p. :  ill. , maps ;  26 cm. 
<br/><br/>Contributors<br/>Acknowledgements<br/>Foreword<br/>Preface<br/>CROP WILD RELATIVE CONSERVATION AND USE: AN OVERVIEW<br/>1	Crop wild relative conservation and use: establishing the context<br/>	N. Maxted, S.P. Kell and B.V. Ford-Lloyd<br/>2	Addressing the conservation and sustainable utilization of crop wild relatives: the international policy context<br/>	N. Azzu and L. Collette<br/>3	Crop wild relatives: putting information in a European policy context<br/>	D. Richard, G. Augusto, D. Evans and G. Lo¿s<br/>4	Crop wild relatives in Armenia: diversity, legislation and conservation issues<br/>	A. Avagyan<br/>ESTABLISHING INVENTORIES AND CONSERVATION PRIORITIES<br/>5	Crops and wild relatives of the Euro-Mediterranean region: making and using a conservation catalogue<br/>	S. P. Kell, H. Kn¿pffer, S. L. Jury, B. V. Ford-Lloyd and N. Maxted<br/>6	Establishing conservation priorities for crop wild relatives<br/>	B. Ford-Lloyd, S.P. Kell and N. Maxted <br/>7 	Creation of a national crop wild relative strategy: a case study for the United Kingdom<br/>	M. Scholten, N. Maxted, S.P. Kell and B.V. Ford-Lloyd<br/>8	National crop wild relative in situ conservation strategy for Russia<br/>	T.N. Smekalova<br/>9	Diversity and conservation needs of crop wild relatives in Finland<br/>	H. Korpelainen, S. Takaluoma, M. Pohjamo and J. Helenius<br/>10	Crop wild relatives in the Netherlands: actors and protection measures<br/>	R. Hoekstra, M.G.P. van Veller and B. Od¿<br/>11	European forest genetic resources: status of current knowledge and conservation priorities<br/>	F. Lef¿vre, E. Collin, B. De Cuyper, B. Fady, J. Koskela, J. Turok and G. von W¿hlisch<br/>12	Using GIS models to locate potential sites for wheat wild relative conservation in the Palestinian Authority areas<br/>	S. Allahham and H. Hasasneh<br/>THREAT AND CONSERVATION ASSESSMENT<br/>13	IUCN Red Listing of crop wild relatives: is a national approach as difficult as some think?<br/>	J. Magos Brehm, M. Mitchell, N. Maxted, B.V. Ford-Lloyd and M.A. Martins-Lou¿Æo<br/>14	Traditional farming systems in south-eastern Turkey: the imperative of in situ conservation of endangered wild annual Cicer Species<br/>	S. Abbo, C. Can, S. Lev-Yadun and M. Ozaslan<br/>15	Ecogeographical representativeness in crop wild relative ex situ collections<br/>	M. Parra-Quijano, D. Draper, E. Torres and J.M. Iriondo<br/>GENETIC EROSION AND GENETIC POLLUTION<br/>16	Genetic erosion and genetic pollution of crop wild relatives: the PGR Forum perspective and achievements<br/>	E. Bettencourt, B.V. Ford-Lloyd and S. Dias<br/>17	Assessing the potential for ecological harm from gene flow to crop wild relatives <br/>	M.J. Wilkinson and C.S. Ford<br/>18	Reciprocal introgression between wild and cultivated peach palm (Bactris gasipaes Kunth, Arecaceae) in Western Ecuador<br/>	J-C. Pintaud, T.L.P. Couvreur, C. Lara, B. Ludeña and J.-L. Pham <br/>19	Impoverishment of the gene pool of the genus Aegilops L. in Armenia<br/>	M. Harutyunyan, A. Avagyan and M. Hovhannisyan<br/>IN SITU CONSERVATION <br/>20	Crop wild relative in situ management and monitoring: the time has come<br/>	J.M. Iriondo and L. De Hond<br/>21	Does agriculture conflict with in situ conservation? A case study on the use of wild relatives by yam farmers in Benin<br/>	N. Scarcelli, S. Tostain, M.N. Baco, C. Agbangla, O. Da¿nou, Y. Vigouroux and J.L. Pham<br/>22	Management plans for promoting in situ conservation of local agrobiodiversity in the West Asia centre of plant diversity<br/>	N. Al-Atawneh, A. Amri, R. Assi and N. Maxted<br/>23	In situ conservation strategy for wild Lima bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) populations in the Central Valley of Costa Rica: a case study of short-lived perennial plants with a mixed mating system<br/>	J-P. Baudoin, O.J. Rocha, J. Degreef, I. Zoro Bi, M. Ou¿draogo, L. Guarino and A. Toussaint<br/>24	Population performance of Arnica montana L. in different habitats <br/>	J. Radu?ien? and J. Labokas<br/>25	A designated nature reserve for in situ conservation of wild emmer wheat (Triticum dicoccoides (K¿rn.) Aaronsohn in northern Israel<br/>	D. Kaplan<br/>26	Integrating wild plants and landrace conservation in farming systems: a perspective from Italy<br/>	V. Negri, F. Branca and G. Castellini<br/>EX SITU CONSERVATION <br/>27	Ex situ conservation of wild species: services provided by botanic gardens <br/>	P.P. Smith<br/>28	Conservation of Spanish wild oats: Avena canariensis, A. prostrata and A. murphyi <br/>P. García1, L.E. S enz de Miera1, F.J. Vences, M. Benchacho and M. P¿rez de la Vega<br/>29	Analysis of wild Lactuca gene bank accessions and implications for wild species conservation<br/>	T.S. Rajicic and K.J. Dehmer<br/>30	The role of botanic gardens in the conservation of crop wild relatives<br/>	S. Sharrock and D. Wyse-Jackson<br/>31	A national Italian network to improve seed conservation of wild native species (?RIBES?)<br/>C. Bonomi, G. Rossi and G. Bedini<br/>32	Linking in situ and ex situ conservation with use of crop wild relatives<br/>	N. Maxted and S.P. Kell<br/>INFORMATION MANAGEMENT<br/>33	CWRIS: an information management system to aid crop wild relative conservation and sustainable use<br/>	S.P. Kell, J.D. Moore, J.M. Iriondo, M.A. Scholten, B.V. Ford-Lloyd and N. Maxted<br/>34	Crop wild relatives in the ECPGR Central Crop Databases: a case study in Beta L. and Avena L.<br/>	C.U. Germeier and L. Frese<br/>35	Crop wild relative information: developing a tool for its management and use<br/>	I. Thormann, A. Lane, K. Durah, M.E. Dulloo and S. Gaiji<br/>36	Managing passport data associated with seed collections from wild populations: increasing potential for conservation and use of crop wild relatives in Israel<br/>	R. Hadas, A. Sirota, M. Agami and A. Horovitz<br/>37	Some thoughts on sources of news about crop wild relatives<br/>	L. Guarino<br/>GENE DONORS FOR CROP IMPROVEMENT<br/>38	Using crop wild relatives for crop improvement: trends and perspectives<br/>	T. Hodgkin and R. Hajjar<br/>39	The secondary genepool of barley as gene donors for crop improvement<br/>	M. Scholz, B. Ruge-Wehling, A. Habekuß, G. Pendinen, O. Schrader, K. Flath, E. Große and P. Wehling<br/>40	Exploitation of wild cereals for wheat improvement in the Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement<br/>E. Millet, J. Manisterski and P. Ben-Yehuda<br/>41	Using crop wild relatives as sources of useful genes<br/>	G. Sonnante and D. Pignone<br/>42	Genetic systems and the conservation of wild relatives of crops<br/>	D. Zohary<br/>USE OF CROP WILD RELATIVES AND UNDERUTILIZED SPECIES<br/>43	The use and economic potential of wild species: an overview<br/>	V.H. Heywood<br/>44	Minor crops and underutilized species: lessons and prospects<br/>	S. Padulosi, I. Hoeschle-Zeledon and P. Bordoni<br/>45	Conservation and use of wild harvested medicinal plants in Sri Lanka<br/>	R.S.S. Ratnayake and C.S. Kariyawasam<br/>46	Use of wild plant species: the market perspective<br/>	S. Curtis<br/>47	Linking conservation with sustainable use: Quercus ilex subsp. rotundifolia (Lam) O. Schwarz in traditional agro-sylvo-pastoral systems in southern Portugal<br/>C. M. Sousa-Correia, J.M. Abreu, S. Ferreira-Dias, J.C. Rodrigues, A. Alves, N. Maxted and B.V. Ford-Lloyd<br/>GLOBAL ISSUES IN CROP WILD RELATIVE CONSERVATION AND USE<br/>48	The Crop Wild Relative Specialist Group of the IUCN Species Survival Commission<br/>	M.E. Dulloo and N. Maxted<br/>49	Towards a global strategy for the conservation and use of crop wild relatives<br/>	V.H. Heywood, S.P. Kell and N. Maxted<br/>Index 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781845930998 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Crops -- Germplasm resources.<br/>Germplasm resources, Plant.<br/>Genetic resources conservation.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>631.4  / MAX/C