Scientific Publications

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Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants

Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants brings together for the first time the diverse interests of growers, breeders, scientists and all those concerned with the legislation of cultivated plants and the growing impact of copyright on the horticultural industry. It presents some of the most exciting advances in this rapidly expanding arena.

This unique volume covers intellectual property rights, national collections, breeding, DNA fingerprinting and other molecular techniques, genetically modified crops, plant databases and International Registration Authorities, and patenting of new cultivars.

A stimulating book that will prove essential reading for all those involved with the development and marketing of new cultivated plants.

The Third International Symposium on the Taxonomy of Cultivated Plants was organised by the Horticultural Taxonomy Group (HORTAX) on behalf of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Royal Horticultural Society, under the auspices of the International Society for Horticultural Science.

Contents include:

• Nomenclature in the ornamental seed trade

• Intellectual property rights and plants

• Registration of plant names

• Principles of cultivated plant classification

• Modern techniques in breeding and taxonomy

• Horticultural and agricultural biodiversity databases

• The cultivar - definition and recognition

• Case studies in the taxonomy of cultivated plants

• Plant and germplasm collections

• DNA fingerprinting and other molecular techniques

• Genetically modified crops