Contributors -- Foreword -- Jack Hawkes: Plant Collector, Researcher, Educator and Visionary -- The Evolution of Plant Genetic Resources and the Work of O.H. Frankel -- 1 The History of ex situ Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources -- 2 The Past, Present and Future Contributions of Farmers to the Conservation and Development of Genetic Diversity -- 3 The Impact of Gene Technologies on the Use of Genetic Resources -- 4 The New Genetic Era: Will it Help us in Managing Genetic Diversity? -- 5 DNA Polymorphisms in Accessions of Nephelium lappaceum L. -- 6 Molecular Analysis of Phylogenetic Relationships among Coconut Accessions -- 7 Molecular Characterization of Gossypium Germplasm for Cotton Improvement -- 8 Molecular Analysis of the Origin and Domestication of Theobroma cacao L. -- 9 Technologies and Strategies for ex situ Conservation -- 10 The Establishment of a Regional Germplasm Centre in the Pacific Island Region -- 11 Accession Management Strategies: Splitting and Lumping -- 12 The Deployment and Management of Genetic Diversity in Agroecosystems -- 13 Combining Static and Dynamic Management of PGR: a Case Study of Beta Genetic Resources -- 14 Rice, Farmers and Genebanks: a Case Study in the Cagayan Valley, Philippines -- 15 A Study on the On-farm Maintenance of Farmers' Varieties of Sorghum in Malawi -- 16 The Role of Bioinformatics in Germplasm Conservation and Use -- 17 Distributed Databases Retrieval Systems in Germany as a National Approach in an International Context -- 18 The Potential Role of Passport Data in the Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources -- 19 In situ Conservation of Wild Species Related to Crop Plants: the Case of Turkey -- 20 Metapopulation Dynamics of Lima Bean (Phaseolus lunatus L.) in the Central Valley of Costa Rica.

21 Inventories for in situ Conservation of Broadleaved Forest Genetic Resources in South-eastern Europe -- 22 Forest Genebanks: a New Approach to Conserving Forest Tree Genetic Resources -- 23 Human Impacts on the Coffea arabica Genepool in Ethiopia and the Need for its in situ Conservation -- 24 Indicators for Sustainable Management of Plant Genetic Resources: How Well are we Doing? -- 25 Decision-making Strategies for Conservation and Use of Forest Genetic Resources -- 26 Germplasm Enhancement to Sustain Genetic Gains in Crop Improvement -- 27 Genetic Base Broadening in Autogamous Crops: Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. as a Model -- 28 An Enhancement Strategy for Rice Germplasm: DNA Marker-assisted Identification of Beneficial QTL for Resistance to Rice Blast -- 29 Prebreeding in Sugarcane with an Emphasis on the Programme of the Mauritius Sugar Industry Research Institute -- 30 Underutilized Crops: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities in the 21st Century -- 31 An Initiative in Exploration and Management of Plant Genetic Diversity in Saudi Arabia -- 32 Mushroom Breeding and Cultivation Enhances ex situ Conservation of Mediterranean Pleurotus Taxa -- 33 Conservation and Use of Underutilized Crops: an Indian Perspective -- 34 Underutilized Edible Plants from South Africa: a Perspective -- 35 'Mining the Gold': Finding Allelic Variants for Improved Crop Conservation and Use -- 36 Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and the Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources -- 37 Predicting Germplasm Differentiation Using GIS-derived Information -- 38 In situ Conservation of Forest Genetic Resources at Regional Level: Two Complementary Programmes Using GIS Approach -- 39 Managing Plant Genetic Resources and the Role of Private and Public Sectors: Oil Palm as a Model.

40 The Community-based Conservation and Management of Genetic Diversity in Agroecosystems: the Role and Function of Law -- 41 Evaluating the Benefits of Conserved Crop Germplasm in PNG -- 42 People, Plants and DNA: Perspectives on the Scientific and Technical Aspects of Conserving and Using Plant Genetic Resources -- Index.