BIODIVERSITY CONSERVATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES
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Abstract
The significance of biodiversity conservation and the need for its sustainable
and equitable use can not be overemphasized, particularly in a country like
India, which is one of the top twelve megadiversity countries of the world.
Conservation and related aspects of Plant Genetic Resources (PGRs) have been
discussed widely in recent years including the discussions at the three meetings
of a Keystone International Dialogue Series, which concluded in 1991, and the
Biodiversity Conservation Treaty signed at Rio de Janeiro in June, 1992. It has
been realized that the problem of biodiversity conservation is co.nplex, particularly
when much of this biodiversity is unknown. Better characterization
of biodiversity, has also become possible with the advent to new techniques
of molecular biology. These two aspects are briefly described in this communication