Contact details
Address: Oak Park Research Centre-Carlow-00000-Ireland
Legal Status: Public research institution 0
Website [1]
Material
Plant
Cereals | Potatoes | ||||
Grasses | X | Lolium perenne | Beets (sugar, fodder) | ||
Legumes | X | Trifolium repens | 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 |
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): 600
Evolution of the size of the collection (last 10 years): ↘ > 20%
Objectives and identity
Geographic origin of the material in the collection: National
Population management:
- ex situ
Objective of maintaining the collection/population:
Conservation | Research | Breeding | Training | Awareness raising | Other(s) |
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 local database, but now all in EURISCO |
Collection as part of a larger documentation system |
European inventory: EURISCO |
Database management system (software) |
Excel In-house-built |
Document passport data | Yes |
Link to passport data | EURISCO |
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: | No |
Transgene detection: | No |
Regeneration/multiplication: | Yes, but rarely |
Molecular analysis (e.g. DNA sequencing or fingerprinting): | Yes, but rarely |
Evaluation of useful traits: | Yes, but rarely |
Overall viability level of your collection
Good:
Percentage of the collection regenerated (per year): 2
Storage conditions of the collection
- Seed bank
Access and distribution conditions
Providers | Recipients |
Use of Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) |
Distribution of material (per year)
Number of distributed samples | 2 |
Percentage of requests which are fulfilled | 25 – 50% |
Number of EU countries in which samples are distributed | 1 |
Number of Non-EU countries in which samples are distributed | 1 |
Budget and funding
Yearly budget for the collection (in euros): < 10,000
Funding sources (in %)
National government | 20% |
Other public authorities than national governement and other agencies | 80% |
Funding allocation (in %)
Storage | 35% |
Maintenance/regeneration | 60% |
Documentation | 5% |