Contact details
Address: Smedjevägen 3-Alnarp-SE 230 53-Sweden
Legal Status: Nordic Institute 0
Email [1]
Material
Plant:
Cereals | X | Potatoes | X |
Grasses | X | Beets (sugar, fodder) | X |
Legumes | X | Oil crops | X |
Fibre crops | X | Vine | |
Vegetables | X | Fruits | |
Ornamental crops | X | Model plants (arabidospsis, medigaco spp, etc.) |
Type of material maintained:
Modern breeds and varieties | Traditional breeds and varieties | Populations | Other(s) |
X | X | X |
Other: Crop wild relatives, research material and genetic stocks
Type of material stored:
Living collections | Sperm | Egg cells | Seeds | Tissue cultures | Cells | Other(s) |
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): 33.000
Evolution of the size of the collection (last 10 years): ↗ < 20%
Objectives and identity
Geographic origin of the material in the collection: Regional
Population management:
- ex situ
Objective of maintaining the collection/population:
Conservation | Research | Breeding | Training | Awareness raising | Other(s) |
X | X | 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 SESTO |
Collection as part of a larger documentation system | European inventory: Eurisco and partly ECPGR-crop-database |
Database management system (software) | SESTO is implemented with the [Apache] web server, [PHP] server side script language and the [PostgreSQL] database.In-house-built |
Document passport data | Yes |
Link to passport data | http://sesto.nordgen.org/ |
Document characterisation data | http://sesto.nordgen.org/ |
Document evaluation data | http://sesto.nordgen.org/ |
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
Good: We have high focus on regeneration and quality control of our collection.
Percentage of the collection regenerated (per year): 4
Storage conditions of the collection
- Seed bank
- In vitro bank
Access and distribution conditions
Providers | Recipients |
Written agreement in special cases Prior informed consent, and information letter | Use of Standard MTA of International Treaty on PGR for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA) |
Distribution of material (per year)
Number of distributed samples | 9000 |
Percentage of requests which are fulfilled | >75% |
Budget and funding
Yearly budget for the collection (in euros): > 250,000
Funding sources (in %)
National government | 10% |
Other public authorities than national government and other agencies | 90% |
Comments | Nordic Council of Ministers Budget |
Funding allocation (in %)
Collection and uptake of new materials | 5% |
Processing of new materials | 10% |
Storage | 10% |
Maintenance/regeneration | 40% |
Documentation | 20% |
Distribution | 15% |