genetic resources Archives - Center for Plant Conservation

Genebank Project and Application of Cryopreservation for the Clonal Crops in Japan

Shin-Ichi Yamamoto, Genetic Resources Center, National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) The National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) conducts Genebank Project for collecting, conserving, evaluating, multiplying and distributing plants (228,198 accessions), microorganisms (35,407 acc.), animals (1,971 acc.) and DNA materials (394,440 clones) related to agriculture since 1985. The Genetic Resources Center, NARO (NGRC) coordinates […]

Crop Cryopreservation for Ensuring Food Security; Realizations and Challenges

Bart Panis, Bioversity International, Belgium More than 800 million people are undernourished and 200 million children under five years of age are underweight. Moreover, the world’s population is expected to reach 10,500 million by 2050. Reliable and sustainable improvements in yield will thus be needed to meet the demands of this growing population. The availability […]

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