Contact details
Address: Wellesbourne Campus-Warwick-CV35 9BG-United Kingdom
Legal Status: Public university
Email
Material
Plant
Cereals | Potatoes | ||||
Grasses | Beets (sugar, fodder) | ||||
Legumes | Oil crops | X | oilseed rape | ||
Fibre crops | Vine | ||||
Vegetables | X | brassicas, alliums, lettuce, carrot, other minor vegetable and salad crops (radish, parsnip, celery, rocket, chicory, beetroot) | 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 |
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): 13993
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 | X |
Activities
Management
Use of available technical guidelines (e.g. FAO) | Yes |
Use of unique identifier | Yes |
Use of a documentation system | Yes MS Access database |
Collection as part of a larger documentation system |
National inventory: UK National Inventory European inventory: EURISCO |
Database management system (software) |
Access |
Document passport data | Yes |
Link to passport data | EURISCO |
Duplication of material and documentation
Material: No
Documentation: Yes
Testing
Viability testing of stored material: | Frequently |
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): | Yes, but rarely |
Evaluation of useful traits: | Yes, but rarely |
Overall viability level of your collection
Good: Ongoing viability monitoring and regeneration programme allows targeting of resources toward improving viability of collection overall
Percentage of the collection regenerated (per year): 2
Storage conditions of the collection
- Seed 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% |
Budget and funding
Yearly budget for the collection (in euros): > 250,000
Funding sources (in %)
National government | 100% |