Contact details
Address: John Innes Centre-Norwich-NR4 7UH-United Kingdom
Legal Status: Public research institution 0
Email [1] Website [2]
Material
Plant
| Cereals | X | triticum, Hordeum, Avena | Potatoes | ||
| Grasses | X | Aegilops | Beets (sugar, fodder) | ||
| Legumes | X | Pisum, Vicia faba | Oil crops | ||
| Fibre crops | Vine | ||||
| Vegetables | Fruits | ||||
| 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 | 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: < 1980
Expected period of maintenance of the collection (in years): > 25
Size of the collection (number of breeds): 46,000
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 SeedStor |
| Collection as part of a larger documentation system |
National inventory: UK INVENTORY European inventory: EURISCO Other: GENESYS |
| Database management system (software) |
Access PHP & MySQL |
| Document passport data | Yes |
| Link to passport data | http://www.jic.ac.uk/germplasm/databases.htm |
| Document characterisation data | Seed Store |
| Other(s) | http://www.jic.ac.uk/germplasm/SeedStor_Publicity.html to be launched in Mid December |
Duplication of material and documentation
Material: Partially
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): | Yes, but rarely |
| Evaluation of useful traits: | Frequently |
Overall viability level of your collection
Good:
Percentage of the collection regenerated (per year): 4
Storage conditions of the collection
- Seed bank
- Living population(s)
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 | 164 |
| Percentage of requests which are fulfilled | >75% |
| Number of EU countries in which samples are distributed | 13 |
| Number of Non-EU countries in which samples are distributed | 19 |
Budget and funding
Yearly budget for the collection (in euros): > 250,000
Funding sources (in %)
| National government | 100% |
| Comments | Government funding comes from 2 seperate departments |
Funding allocation (in %)
| Collection and uptake of new materials | 10% |
| Processing of new materials | 5% |
| Storage | 5% |
| Maintenance/regeneration | 50% |
| Documentation | 25% |
| Distribution | 5% |