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Plant genetic resources
 The conservation and use of plant genetic diversity are, and will be essential for improving productivity in agriculture and sustaining human existence and well being.
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INTERNATIONAL TREATY
International
Treaty On Plant genetic resources For Food And Agriculture
Related topics
Genetic
Imperative Video
Grant
to ICRISAT on Marker Assisted Breeding in Nigeria and Ethiopia
Related project
KENYA: Insect
Resistant Maize Improvement (IRMA)
ERITREA: Millet
Improvement
Marker assisted selection
- The FAO Working Group on Biotechnology
has just published
"Marker-assisted
selection: Current status and future perspectives in crops,
livestock, forestry and fish", edited by E.P.
Guimarães, J. Ruane, B.D. Scherf, A. Sonnino and J.D. Dargie.
The 494-page book is organized into six sections: an introduction
to marker-assisted selection (MAS),
in chapters 1-2;
case studies of MAS in crops (including cassava, common
beans, cotton, forage crops, maize, tomato and wheat),
in chapters 3-9;
case studies of MAS in livestock (including dairy cattle,
goats, poultry and sheep),
in chapters 10-13;
case studies of MAS in forestry (including eucalyptus),
in chapters 14-15;
case studies of MAS in fish and shellfish,
in chapters 16-17;
and the final section is devoted to a selection of non-technical
issues relevant to applications of MAS in developing countries,
such as national research capacities and international partnerships,
economic considerations, the impacts of intellectual property
rights, and policy considerations (chapters 18-22).
Download the
publication or contact FAO to request a copy, providing
your full postal address.
- Marker
assisted selection in the context of agricultural biotechnology. [PDF182KB]
A general review from the University of California in Davis.
- Marker
assisted selection of drought tolerant and disease resistant
pearl millet. [PDF]
- Review
of the status of marker assisted selection in cereals. [PDF132KB]
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