Sentences with phrase «of plant genetic resources»

Several international treaties regulate adaptation, access to and sharing of plant genetic resources.

Russia's renamed N. I. Vavilov Institute of Plant Genetic Resources may play a role in helping develop new strains of more heat - and drought - resistant crops.

The mission of NSSL is to preserve the base collection of the National Plant Germplasm System and to conduct research to develop new technologies for preservation of seed and other propagules of plant genetic resources.

This is a comprehensive five - year program for the management, as well as the secure and sustainable funding, of the collections of plant genetic resources held by 11 members of the CGIAR Consortium.

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«Importantly, for plant breeders, rice has an extraordinarily diverse genetic resource base that spreads across at least 24 different species of rice.»

Under the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, a system has been established and agreed upon by most countries of the world that facilitates access to genetic diversity while ensuring appropriate sharing of the benefits that arise from iGenetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, a system has been established and agreed upon by most countries of the world that facilitates access to genetic diversity while ensuring appropriate sharing of the benefits that arise from igenetic diversity while ensuring appropriate sharing of the benefits that arise from its use.

High in the Cederberg Mountains of South Africa grows a bristly shrub that embodies the tug - of - war taking place between industrialized and developing nations over the value of genetic resources — the genes found in plant, animal or microbial cells used for research as well as in commercial products, such as enhanced seeds and naturally derived cosmetics and pharmaceuticals.

«One of the great things about using Arabidopsis as our host plant is the vast genetic resources of cytokinin and hormone mutants that are available through the scientific community,» De La Torre said.

It focuses on securing the wild relatives of 29 of 64 crops that are listed in an annex to the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.

The resource, a collection of wheat seeds with more than 10 million sequenced and carefully catalogued genetic mutations, is freely available to wheat breeders and researchers, and is already aiding in the development of wheat plants with improved traits.

«New tools will drive greater understanding of wheat genes: Vast genetic resource will aid development of wheat plants with improved traits.»

Geoffrey Hawtin, director — general of the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources in Rome, says farmers in parts of Somalia are without seeds for the coming growing season.

That mechanism probably will not help solve the type of problem that emerged last week when Queensland declared «sovereignty» over its plants and animals in an attempt to ensure that profits from genetic resources went to the local government (see This Week).

Paek is the senior author of a paper to be published this week in The Plant Cell that takes advantage of the genetic resources in this model species to reveal important underpinnings of drought responses in plants.

SNPs are the most common type of genetic variation in plant and animal genomes and are, thus, an important resource to biologists.

Multimedia Resources include educational websites, videos, and apps, which cover basic heredity, genetic disorders, eugenics, the discovery of the structure of DNA, the human genome, cancer, neurobiology, plant genetics, RNA interference, epigenetics, and bioinformatics.

2.5 by 2020 maintain genetic diversity of seeds, cultivated plants, farmed and domesticated animals and their related wild species, including through soundly managed and diversified seed and plant banks at national, regional and international levels, and ensure access to and fair and equitable sharing of benefits arising from the utilization of genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge as internationally agreed

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N.I.Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry From the article «Collection of Hemp Genetic Resources at VIR» - The germplasm collection preserved at the Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry (VIR) is a source of rich genetic diversity iGenetic Resources at VIR» - The germplasm collection preserved at the Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry (VIR) is a source of rich genetic diversity igenetic diversity in hemp.

Collection of Hemp Genetic Resources at VIR By Dr. Sergey Grigoryev, N.I.Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry.

To rectify inequities such as these, multiple international agreements were negotiated to govern access to, and commercialization of, plant genetic resources.

This activity report provides an overview of the characteristics and main activities of the projects that are being implemented as part of the second project portfolio of the Benefit - sharing Fund (BSF) of the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.