Genetic Improvement of Neem: Strategies for the Future

摘要

Lack of progress in improving neem, an increasingly important multipurpose treespecies, has led to the establishment of an International Neem Improvement Netowrk. Proceedings of the first meeting of the new network are presented in the report. Section 1 consists of four papers on neem research in its native India; Section 2 comprises research reports from eight Asian countries; Section 3 contains overview papers discussing the important of neem to small farmers, pests and diseases of neem, the influence of genotype and environment on chemical compounds in neem; Section 4, arguably the 'meat' of the conference, begins with an invited paper on seed collection and handling by specialists from DANIDA and FAO and follows with a summary of working group deliberations on that paper.