Academic

The OPGCs Dr. Tay has given a course on genetic resource conservation, HCS 830, in past years. Here is course information and material for reference:

Course Objective

After the course the students should have a good understanding on the concept on germplasm conservation, the meaning of crop diversity, the centers of origin, crop genepools, in situ and ex situ conservation, seed technology in conservation, in vitro conservation and tissue culture, plant quarantine, genebanking procedure - exploration, conservation, characterization and evaluation, documentation, distribution, ownership of germplasm and the Convention on Biological Diversity and IPR.

Autumn 2003 Notes/Topics - Plant Genetic Resources

Concept on germplasm conservation and the people eg. N.I. Vavilov

Germplasm Concept (Microsoft Power Point Presentation, 808 KB)

Crop diversity, the centers of origin, crop genepools

Genetics Taxonomics (Microsoft Power Point Presentation, 409 KB)

Genetics Taxonomic 2 (Microsoft Power Point Presentation, 422 KB)

Crop evolution and taxonomy

Evolution (Microsoft Power Point Presentation, 443 KB)

Conservation system - in situ and ex situ

Conservation Systems (Microsoft Power Point Presentation, 2 MB)

Seed genebank and clonal

Genebank Conservation (Microsoft Power Point Presentation, 15 MB)

Exploration and sampling

Seed multiplication and storage

Characterization and evaluation and crop descriptors Documentation and databases

Clonal repository, field collection, in vitro collection and cryopreservation

Plant quarantine and germplasm conservation

Quarantine (Microsoft Power Point Presentation, 2 MB)

International crop genebanks - IPGRI, FAO - Genetic Resources and Seed Unit, CG-genebanks

International Crop Genebanks (Microsoft Power Point Presentation, 2 MB)

National genebanks - USDA National Plant Germplasm System and others

Germplasm ownership, Convention on Biological Diversity and IPR

 

Autumn 2004 Notes - Invasive Species

Ambrosia Species (Microsoft Power Point Presentation, 2 MB)

Asteraceae (Microsoft Power Point Presentation, 12 MB)

Comparison of Taraxacum (Microsoft Power Point Presentation, 3 MB)

Variation of Taraxacum (Microsoft Power Point Presentation, 3 MB)