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Title: TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR THE MANAGEMENT OF FIELD AND IN VITRO GERMPLASM COLLECTIONS

Author
item Reed, Barbara
item ENGELMANN, FLORENT - POLE BIODIVERSITE
item DULLOO, EHSAN - IPGR
item ENGELS, JAN - IPGR

Submitted to: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute
Publication Type: Monograph
Publication Acceptance Date: 1/19/1999
Publication Date: 12/15/2004
Citation: Reed, B.M., Engelmann, F., Dulloo, E., Engels, J. 2004. Technical guidelines for the management of field and in vitro germplasm collections. In: Management of field and in vitro germplasm collections.International Plant Genetic Resources Institute. Reed, B., Engelmann, F., Dulloo, E., Engels, J.M. International Plant Genetics Institute.

Interpretive Summary: The International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), together with the System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Centre of Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) organized in 1996 a technical consultation meeting held CIAT, Cali, Colombia, to examine the role of field and in vitro germplasm collections in strategies to conserve and use clonally propagated crops, problems and and constraints in their management, and the complementarity of field and in vitro germplasm collections. One of the recommendations of the meeting was to develop general guidelines for the management of field and in vitro germplasm collections, which should identify key issues and provide genebank managers with decision criteria and options in establishing, maintaining and using field and in vitro germplasm collections.

Technical Abstract: The International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), together with the System-wide Genetic Resources Programme (SGRP), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the International Centre of Tropical Agriculture (CIAT) organized in 1996 a technical consultation meeting held CIAT, Cali, Colombia, to examine the role of field and in vitro germplasm collections in strategies to conserve and use clonally propagated crops, problems and and constraints in their management, and the complementarity of field and in vitro germplasm collections. One of the recommendations of the meeting was to develop general guidelines for the management of field and in vitro germplasm collections, which should identify key issues and provide genebank managers with decision criteria and options in establishing, maintaining and using field and in vitro germplasm collections. These Guidelines are divided in two main sections. The first section presents general considerations for the establishment and management of germplasm collections. The topics addressed concern the establishment of the collection, the acquisition and entry of plants into the collection, germplasm health issues, a presentation of the various conservation methods available to germplasm collections and collection management procedures. The second section focuses on the procedures for the establishment and maintenance of field and in vitro collections, which are dealt with in two sub-sections.