Contact details
Address: University of Nottingham-Loughborough-LE12 5RD-United Kingdom
Legal Status: Public research institution
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 |
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 | DNA stocks (cloned) |
Collection description:
Date of start of the collection/population: 1991 – 2000
Expected period of maintenance of the collection (in years): > 25
Size of the collection (number of breeds): 1,000,000
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 | X | X | 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) |
In-house-built |
Document passport data | No |
Document characterisation data | http://arabidopsis.info |
Duplication of material and documentation
Material: Yes
Documentation: Yes
Testing
Viability testing of stored material: | Frequently |
Diagnosis of the presence of pests and diseases, or contaminations: | No |
Transgene detection: | Yes, but rarely |
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
Very good: Arabidopsis is pretty trivial to store as distribution stocks and frozen stocks. Germination is high and improves on storage under our conditions. We have published papers on viability. We also get feedback from many users.
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 | 70% |
Other(s) | 30% |
Comments | Cost recovery from users |
Funding allocation (in %)
Collection and uptake of new materials | 10% |
Processing of new materials | 10% |
Storage | 15% |
Maintenance/regeneration | 15% |
Documentation | 30% |
Distribution | 20% |