Contact details
Address: University of Nottingham-Loughborough-LE12 5RD-United Kingdom
Legal Status: Public research institution 0
Email Website
Material
Plant
| Cereals | Potatoes | ||||
| Grasses | Beets (sugar, fodder) | ||||
| Legumes | Oil crops | ||||
| Fibre crops | Vine | ||||
| Vegetables | Fruits | ||||
| Ornamental crops | Model plants (arabidospsis, medigaco spp, etc.) | X | Arabidopsis |
Type of material maintained:
| Modern breeds and varieties | Traditional breeds and varieties | Populations | Other(s) |
| X |
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: 1981 – 1990
Expected period of maintenance of the collection (in years): > 25
Size of the collection (number of breeds): 800000
Evolution of the size of the collection (last 10 years): ↗ < 20%
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 |
Activities
Management
| Use of available technical guidelines (e.g. FAO) | No |
| Use of unique identifier | Yes |
| Use of a documentation system | Yes MySQL through servoy, bespoke API |
| Collection as part of a larger documentation system |
National inventory: EURISCO via UKPGRG (whatever they want) European inventory: EURISCO (whatever they want) |
| Database management system (software) |
Excel Private software – servoy various In-house-built |
| Document passport data | Yes |
| Document characterisation data | http://arabidopsis.info |
Duplication of material and documentation
Material: Yes
Documentation: Yes
Testing
| Viability testing of stored material: | Yes, but rarely |
| Diagnosis of the presence of pests and diseases, or contaminations: | Yes, but rarely |
| Transgene detection: | No |
| Regeneration/multiplication: | Frequently |
| Molecular analysis (e.g. DNA sequencing or fingerprinting): | No |
| Evaluation of useful traits: | No |
Overall viability level of your collection
Very good: arabidopsis is straightforward to store and has very good viability after frozen storage.
Percentage of the collection regenerated (per year): 2
Storage conditions of the collection
- Seed bank
- DNA bank
Access and distribution conditions
| Providers | Recipients |
| No written agreement | No written agreement |
Distribution of material (per year)
| Number of distributed samples | 100,000 |
| Percentage of requests which are fulfilled | >75% |
| Number of EU countries in which samples are distributed | 25 |
| Number of Non-EU countries in which samples are distributed | 25 |
Budget and funding
Yearly budget for the collection (in euros): > 250,000
Funding sources (in %)
| National government | 60% |
| Other(s) | 40% |
| Comments | We use cost recovery extensively. |
Funding allocation (in %)
| Collection and uptake of new materials | 10% |
| Processing of new materials | 10% |
| Storage | 15% |
| Maintenance/regeneration | 15% |
| Documentation | 30% |
| Distribution | 20% |
