Contact details
Address: Droevendaalsesteeg 1-Wageningen-6708 PD-the Netherlands
Legal Status: Association or foundation 0
Email Website
Material
Plant
Cereals | X | wheat, barley, oats, maize | Potatoes | X | Irish |
Grasses | X | Lolium, Phleum, Poa, Festuca, Dactylis | Beets (sugar, fodder) | ||
Legumes | X | peas, faba beans | Oil crops | X | flax, rape seed |
Fibre crops | X | flax | Vine | ||
Vegetables | X | tomato, eggplant, pepper, cucumber, melon, lettuce, spinach, lamb’s lettuce, onion, cabbage | Fruits | X | apple |
Ornamental crops | Model plants (arabidospsis, medigaco spp, etc.) |
Type of material maintained:
Modern breeds and varieties | Traditional breeds and varieties | Populations | Other(s) |
X | X | X |
Type of material stored:
Living collections | Sperm | Egg cells | Seeds | Tissue cultures | Cells | Other(s) |
X | X |
Collection description:
Date of start of the collection/population: 1981 – 1990
Expected period of maintenance of the collection (in years): > 25
Size of the collection (number of breeds): 23,000
Evolution of the size of the collection (last 10 years): =
Objectives and identity
Geographic origin of the material in the collection: International
Population management:
- ex situ
Objective of maintaining the collection/population:
Conservation | Research | Breeding | Training | Awareness raising | Other(s) |
X | X | X | X |
Activities
Management
Use of available technical guidelines (e.g. FAO) | Yes |
Use of unique identifier | Yes |
Use of a documentation system | Yes GENIS |
Collection as part of a larger documentation system |
European inventory: EURISCO |
Database management system (software) |
Private software – ORACLE |
Document passport data | Yes |
Link to passport data | www.cgn.wur.nl |
Document characterisation data | www.cgn.wur.nl |
Document evaluation data | www.cgn.wur.nl |
Duplication of material and documentation
Material: Yes
Documentation: Yes
Testing
Viability testing of stored material: | Frequently |
Diagnosis of the presence of pests and diseases, or contaminations: | Frequently |
Transgene detection: | No |
Regeneration/multiplication: | Frequently |
Molecular analysis (e.g. DNA sequencing or fingerprinting): | Frequently |
Evaluation of useful traits: | Frequently |
Overall viability level of your collection
Very good:
Percentage of the collection regenerated (per year): 4
Storage conditions of the collection
- Seed bank
- Living field bank
Access and distribution conditions
Providers | Recipients |
Use of Standard MTA of International Treaty on PGR for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) | Use of Standard MTA of International Treaty on PGR for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) |
Distribution of material (per year)
Number of distributed samples | 200 |
Percentage of requests which are fulfilled | >75% |
Number of EU countries in which samples are distributed | 20 |
Number of Non-EU countries in which samples are distributed | 30 |
Budget and funding
Yearly budget for the collection (in euros): > 250,000
Funding sources (in %)
National government | 70% |
Other public authorities than national governement and other agencies | 5% |
Private | 20% |
Public-Private Partnerships | 5% |
Funding allocation (in %)
Collection and uptake of new materials | 5% |
Processing of new materials | 5% |
Storage | 10% |
Maintenance/regeneration | 50% |
Documentation | 20% |
Distribution | 10% |