Publication on Marker-Assissted Selection in Agriculture

The FAO Working Group on Biotechnology has just published "Marker-assisted selection: Current status and future perspectives in crops, livestock, forestry and fish", The book is organized into six sections: an introduction to marker-assisted selection (MAS); case studies of MAS in crops (including cassava, common beans, cotton, forage crops, maize, tomato and wheat); case studies of MAS in livestock (including dairy cattle, goats, poultry and sheep); case studies of MAS in forestry (including eucalyptus); case studies of MAS in fish and shellfish; and the final section is devoted to a selection of non-technical issues relevant to applications of MAS in developing countries, such as national research capacities and international partnerships, economic considerations, the impacts of intellectual property rights, and policy considerations.

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