NGB is a joint Nordic institute reporting directly to the Nordic council of ministers. NGB has a staff of thirteen. Due to convenience in working procedures the mandate species is divided into six working groups corresponding to different crops. NGB stores material of plants of interest for Nordic agriculture and horticulture. NGB takes responsibility both for storing material of, and ...

Call for proposals: Annual Grants Program Support for imperiled genetic resource collections. Deadline: September 27, 2002 Latest publication: Citrus genetic resources in California: Analysis and recommendations for long-term conservation Online and searchable: Directory of UC Expertise and Interest in Conservation Biology and California Biodiversity About Us | Objectives | Projects | ...

In 1983, FAO established an intergovernmental forum: the Commission on Plant Genetic Resources (now the Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture). The Commission has since developed a Global System for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of PGRFA. The objectives of the Global System are to ensure the safe conservation and promote the availability and Sustainable Use of Plant ...

ARS National Invertebrate Genetic Resources Program Welcome BCDC ROBO Welcome Insects impact American agriculture both as destructive and beneficial organisms. Insect pests, parasites, predators, products, and pollinators are all economically important. It is critically important to distinguish between different species, races, stocks, strains, biotypes, and other genetic entities and to ...

The Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) GRIN facilitates management and operation of the following ARS research programs: National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) National Animal Germplasm Program (NAGP) National Microbial Germplasm Program (NMGP) National Invertebrate Germplasm Program (NIGP) GRIN aids these programs by: enhancing communication with scientists regarding the location ...

IPGRI - The Electronic Behaviour Seed Storage Compendium (EBSS) ...

Cryopreservation of tropical plant germplasm Current research progress and application Florent Engelmann and Hiroko Takagi, editors The links below connect to portable document format (pdf) files of the full text of the Proceedings of the JIRCAS/IPGRI Joint International Workshop, held in Tsukuba, Japan, 20-23 October 1998. (JIRCAS is the Japan International Research Center for Agricultural ...

U.S. Organizations Agricultural Research Service (ARS) American Association of Botanical Gardens and Arboreta (AABGA), Pennsylvania Center For Plant Conservation (CPC), St. Louis, Missouri Cereal Crops Research Unit, Madison, Wisconsin Maize Genome Database (MaizeDB) North American Plants Collections Consortium (NAPCC) California Rare Fruit Growers, Inc. Forage Information system Germplasm ...