239-5 International Efforts to Protect the Global Cotton Genetic Resources.

See more from this Division: C08 Plant Genetic Resources
See more from this Session: General Plant Genetic Resources: I
Tuesday, October 18, 2011: 2:30 PM
Henry Gonzalez Convention Center, Room 217D
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B. Todd Campbell1, Sukumar Saha2, Richard Percy3, James Frelichowski3, Johnie Jenkins2, Wonkeun Park4, C. D. Mayee5, V. Gotmare5, D. Dessauw6, Marc Giband6, Xiongming Du7, Y Jia7, Gregory Constable8, S. Dillon9, I. Y. Abdurakhmonov10, A Abdukarimov10, S Rizaeva10, A Adullaev10, P. Barossa11, J Padua11, L Hoffman11 and L. Podolnaya12, (1)USDA-ARS, Florence, SC
(2)Genetics & Precision Ag Research Unit, USDA-ARS, Mississippi State, MS
(3)USDA-ARS, College Station, TX
(4)Clemson University, Florence, SC
(5)Central Institute for Cotton Research, Maharashtra, India
(6)CIRAD, Montpellier, France
(7)Cotton Research Institute of CAAS, Anyang, China
(8)CSIRO, Narrabri, NSW, AUSTRALIA
(9)Australian Tropical Grains Germplasm Centre, Biloela, Australia
(10)Institute of Genetics and Plant Experimental Biology, Tashkent, Uzbekistan
(11)EMBRAPA, Campina Grande, Brazil
(12)VIR, St. Petersburg, Russia
The genetic resources of cotton are classified into five tetraploid species in the primary gene pool, 20 diploid species in the secondary gene pool, and 25 diploid species in the tertiary gene pool. Unlike several globally important grain crops, the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) international research and conservation centers do not actively maintain cotton genetic resources. Hence, it is the responsibility of cotton scientists around the world to develop international collaborative efforts to maintain and preserve cotton genetic resources. This paper describes a recent, collaborative effort among scientists from eight countries to document the primary global cotton genetic resources. The eight primary international cotton germplasm collections are described. These include collections in Australia, Brazil, China, France, India, Russia, Uzbekistan, and the United States.
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