A comprehensive review of grassland improvement in Mediterranean areas using legume species, including a detailed account of the processes involved in understanding the ecology of legumes and their collection in the Mediterranean, through to their preliminary evaluation and storage at various genetic resource centres. A generic conspectus and key to the forage legumes of the Mediterranean basin is also included. Issues such as the sustainability of Mediterranean grasslands, the risk of genetic erosion and the principles of population genetics employed during a collecting mission are discussed. The book should be useful to researchers working in the fields of grassland and rangeland improvement, Mediterranean farming systems, genetic resources, and pasture and forage ecology.
Edited by:
Sarita Jane Bennett, P.S. Cocks Imprint: Kluwer Academic Publishers Country of Publication: United States Edition: 1999 ed. Volume: 33 Dimensions:
Height: 235mm,
Width: 155mm,
Spine: 15mm
Weight: 547g ISBN:9780792355229 ISBN 10: 0792355229 Series:Current Plant Science and Biotechnology in Agriculture Pages: 245 Publication Date:31 January 1999 Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active