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Challenges and prospects for the conservation of crop genetic resources in field genebanks, in In Vitro collections and/or in liquid nitrogen

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Title Challenges and prospects for the conservation of crop genetic resources in field genebanks, in In Vitro collections and/or in liquid nitrogen
 
Creator Panis, Bartholomeus
Nagel, Manuela
Houwe, Ines van den
 
Subject germplasm collections
germplasm conservation
gene banks
cryopreservation
in vitro
methods
costs
 
Description The conservation of crop genetic resources, including their wild relatives, is of utmost importance for the future of mankind. Most crops produce orthodox seeds and can, therefore, be stored in seed genebanks. However, this is not an option for crops and species that produce recalcitrant (non-storable) seeds such as cacao, coffee and avocado, for crops that do not produce seeds at all; therefore, they are inevitably vegetatively propagated such as bananas, or crops that are predominantly clonally propagated as their seeds are not true to type, such as potato, cassava and many fruit trees. Field, in vitro and cryopreserved collections provide an alternative in such cases. In this paper, an overview is given on how to manage and setup a field, in vitro and cryopreserved collections, as well as advantages and associated problems taking into account the practical, financial and safety issues in the long-term. In addition, the need for identification of unique accessions and elimination of duplicates is discussed. The different conservation methods are illustrated with practical examples and experiences from national and international genebanks. Finally, the importance of establishing safe and long-term conservation methods and associated backup possibilities is highlighted in the frame of the global COVID-19 pandemic.
 
Date 2020
2020-12-28T12:20:17Z
2020-12-28T12:20:17Z
 
Type Journal Article
 
Identifier Panis, B.; Nagel, M.; Van den houwe, I. (2020) Challenges and prospects for the conservation of crop genetic resources in field genebanks, in In Vitro collections and/or in liquid nitrogen. Plants 9(12):1634. ISSN: 2223-7747
2223-7747
https://hdl.handle.net/10568/110659
https://doi.org/10.3390/plants9121634
 
Language en
 
Rights CC-BY-4.0
Open Access
 
Format 1634
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Publisher MDPI AG
 
Source Plants