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THE STATUS OF TRADITIONAL SCOTTISH ANIMAL BREEDS AND PLANT VARIETIES AND THE IMPLICATIONS FOR BIODIVERSITY
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The authors would like to acknowledge the invaluable help and assistance of the following groups and individuals during this project:
The secretaries of the many breed societies who provided data on the populations of their individual breeds.
The Rare Breeds Survival Trust, in particular Dr Saffron Townsend, who helped with information on genetic conservation projects and with census data for the rare and minority breeds.
Lorraine Robertson and Jean McGuiness of the Macaulay Institute library and Ursula MacKean of the Scottish Crop Research Institute library for their help in locating information and many of the references which are quoted in the report.
The British Cattle Movements Service for information on the numbers and locations of different breeds of cattle in Scotland.
Members of the Scottish Agricultural College Advisory Services including Mr C. MacDonald, Mr I. Cairns, Mr W. McKinlay.
Dr H. Knüepffer of the Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung, Gatersleben, Germany and Dr M. Ambrose of the John Innes Centre, Norwich. for assistance with information on barley gene banks.
Professor W. Powell, Dr G. Squire, Mr M. Macaulay, Dr Luke Ramsay, Dr J. Russell, Dr J.S. Swanston, and Dr W.T.B. Thomas of the Scottish Crop Research Institute for helpful comments during the writing of this report.
Staff at The Scottish Crop Research Institute who helped to organise the workshop.
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