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The European Search Catalogue for Plant Genetic Resources (EURISCO) provides information about more than 2 million accessions of crop plants and their wild relatives, preserved ex situ by approximately 400 collections....
The Variety Catalogue contains over 3000 varieties of fruit plants, vegetables, berries, aromatic plants, ornamental plants, willows, potatoes and cereals available throughout Europe. You can search this catalogue by...
These Technical Guidelines are intended to assist those who cherish some of the most valuable European tree species (38), through conserving valuable seed sources or use in practical forestry. The recommendations should...
- Type: Technical guidelines
- Conservation Distribution Forest management Advice
The EU-funded FORGENIUS project aims to develop methods and tools for greater insight into the characteristics and the value of forest genetic resources accessions presently existing in 35 European countries. The project...
Preserving biodiversity in the changing environment is a challenge which can be addressed on several fronts. This includes the conservation of the genetic diversity of forest trees.
A number of ECPGR Central Crop Databases have been established through the initiative of individual institutes and of ECPGR Working Groups. The databases hold passport data and, to varying degrees, characterization and...
- Type: Database
- Crops Germplasm Conservation
The ABS Capacity Development Initiative, in collaboration with the CBD Secretariat, produced an introductory video on DSI called DSI Simply Explained.
- Type: Multimedia
- Digital sequence information Conservation Biodiversity Sustainable use
A summary of the current understanding of genetic diversity and life history traits of Taxus baccata within the UK, including a genetic risk assessment for population sampling and current knowledge gaps.
- Type: Case studies/success stories
- Adaptation Ex situ Conservation Risk Assessment
This video shows how the large collection of seeds at the Millenium Seed Bank is stored and studied. Many of the seeds grown and propagated by the scientists make it out into the Kew´s botanic garden.
- Type: Multimedia
- Botany Botanic garden Biodiversity Reintroduction Ex situ Conservation Seed Bank
There are more than 20 species of the strawberry genus, only a few reach supermarket costumers, but rich strawberry collections are widely dispersed as the species themselves across countries. Genebanks´ goal isn’t just...
- Type: Case studies/success stories
- Genebanks Conservation Adaptation Commercial varieties Biodiversity
These documents have been developed by experts to provide a framework for the efficient and effective ex situ conservation of the most important crop diversity collections in the different regions around the globe, and...
- Type: Technical guidelines
- Crops Food Agriculture Ex situ Conservation
