Contact details
Address: University of Nottingham-Loughborough-LE12 5RD-United Kingdom
Legal Status: Public research institution 0
Email [1] Website [2]
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% |