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Faculty of Crop Science

Contact details

Address: IERA ODOS 75-ATHENS-11855-GREECE
Legal Status: UNIVERSITY 0

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Material

Microbial and invertebrate

Bacteria X Filamentous fungi (Basidiomycetes) X
Yeasts (Ascomycetes) X Virus
Yeasts (Basidiomycetes) X Nematodes
Filamentous fungi (Ascomycetes) X Mycoplasmas

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: 2001 – 2010
Expected period of maintenance of the collection (in years): > 25
Size of the collection (number of breeds): 800
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:

  • in 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 COLLECTION FILES
Database management system (software)

Excel

Document passport data Yes

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: No
Molecular analysis (e.g. DNA sequencing or fingerprinting): Frequently
Evaluation of useful traits: Yes, but rarely

Overall viability level of your collection

Good:
Percentage of the collection regenerated (per year): 5

Storage conditions of the collection

  • Cryo bank

Access and distribution conditions

Providers Recipients
Use of Material Transfer Agreement (MTA) Use of Material Transfer Agreement (MTA)

Distribution of material (per year)

Number of distributed samples 10
Percentage of requests which are fulfilled >75%
Number of EU countries in which samples are distributed 10

Budget and funding

Yearly budget for the collection (in euros): Information not available

Funding sources (in %)

Other(s) 100%
Comments EU RESEARCH PROGRAMS

Funding allocation (in %)