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1977
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1. The gene pool of grassland plants is of great diversity and localized in certain centres of origin where the carriers of germ plasma are concentrated for the most important biological characters and properties of a great variability of species.
2. New intensive varieties for mowing and grazing have been bred by advanced breeding methods and by taking advantage of the gene pool of the most important plant species throughout the world.
3. Wild-growing species were found to have great prospects for opening up soils of poor productivity by mowing and grazing use. They constitute a great reserve of genetic variability which so far has been partially or fully neglected in connection with breeding. Breeders must take stronger action to "domesticate" complete species rather than individual genotypes.
4. The conservation of germ plasma of a great number of high-quality species and varieties of forage plants, consequently, is just as important as it is in the case of other crops.
5.Practice-oriented proposals should be drafted for the preparation of agreed programmes for the collection of local strains and wild species and for concerted action to preserve the genetic resources of grassland plants. A uniform system has to be introduced for the documentation of the genetic resources of the most· important grassland plants, since much of the information received does no longer meet the demands of breeders and research workers. Such uniform documentation system, in which information storage and retrieval are computer-aided, must provide also for one coherent list of characters by which to describe and define the genetic resources of the most important grassland plants.
Citation
Novoselova, Anna, "The Gene Pool and Its use in breeding grassland plants" (1977). IGC Proceedings (1977-2023). 4.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/1977/plenary/4)
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The Gene Pool and Its use in breeding grassland plants
1. The gene pool of grassland plants is of great diversity and localized in certain centres of origin where the carriers of germ plasma are concentrated for the most important biological characters and properties of a great variability of species.
2. New intensive varieties for mowing and grazing have been bred by advanced breeding methods and by taking advantage of the gene pool of the most important plant species throughout the world.
3. Wild-growing species were found to have great prospects for opening up soils of poor productivity by mowing and grazing use. They constitute a great reserve of genetic variability which so far has been partially or fully neglected in connection with breeding. Breeders must take stronger action to "domesticate" complete species rather than individual genotypes.
4. The conservation of germ plasma of a great number of high-quality species and varieties of forage plants, consequently, is just as important as it is in the case of other crops.
5.Practice-oriented proposals should be drafted for the preparation of agreed programmes for the collection of local strains and wild species and for concerted action to preserve the genetic resources of grassland plants. A uniform system has to be introduced for the documentation of the genetic resources of the most· important grassland plants, since much of the information received does no longer meet the demands of breeders and research workers. Such uniform documentation system, in which information storage and retrieval are computer-aided, must provide also for one coherent list of characters by which to describe and define the genetic resources of the most important grassland plants.
