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A methodological approach for prioritization and rationalization of field genebank accessions of coffee genetic resources: A case study of CATIE International coffee collection, Costa Rica

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Title A methodological approach for prioritization and rationalization of field genebank accessions of coffee genetic resources: A case study of CATIE International coffee collection, Costa Rica
 
Creator Dulloo, Mohammad Ehsan
Solano, William
Dessauw, Dominique
Astorga, Carlos
Guarino, Luigi
 
Subject coffea
coffea arabica
genetic resources
germplasm conservation
ex-situ conservation
gene banks
prioritization
recursos genéticos
conservación del germoplasma
 
Description Good management of coffee collections is important because they ensure long-term availability of germplasm to guarantee the sustainability of coffee value chain. The conservation of coffee genetic resources is essential to provide the raw materials for breeding and improvement of the crop. Many genetic resources of wild arabica coffee have been collected in the second half of the 20th century by several international collecting missions, including by Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, ORSTOM (now IRD), Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement (CIRAD), and IPGRI (now Bioversity International), and are conserved in several national genebanks and at the CATIE International Coffee Collection (CICC) in Turrialba, Costa Rica. Over the past decades, many of the original accessions of the CICC have become threatened due to age, pests and diseases, inadequate management, and waterlogging. There is thus an urgent need to rejuvenate and rationalize the collection to ensure the long-term maintenance of the genetic diversity of the original accessions. Here we present the methodological approach we followed to carry out an in-depth assessment of the status of the coffee collection at CATIE and to prioritize accession-specific actions for the rationalization of the collection. This can be used as a model for other collections to assess and rationalize their own field genebank, with a view to improving their management in the most cost-effective way. The study identified many discrepancies between the number of accessions in the field and genebank records and revealed that 80 accessions have been lost from the collection since 2014 and that approximately 80% of the accessions were threatened and in need of intervention. Furthermore, the in-depth study identified the most diverse and valued accessions for the rationalization of the CICC field genebank and those that are in urgent need of safety duplication.
 
Date 2021-12
2022-01-11T10:57:25Z
2022-01-11T10:57:25Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Dulloo, M.E.; Solano, W.; Dessauw, D.; Astorga, C.; Guarino, L. (2021) A methodological approach for prioritization and rationalization of field genebank accessions of coffee genetic resources: A case study of CATIE International coffee collection, Costa Rica. Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems 5:777415. ISSN: 2571-581X
2571-581X
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/117437
https://doi.org/10.3389/fsufs.2021.777415
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 14 p.
application/pdf
 
Publisher Frontiers Media SA
 
Source Frontiers in Sustainable Food Systems