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Department of Genebank
Institution
Section overview
Description
The federal ex-situ collection of agricultural and horticultural plants forms the core of the department, which is structured into three programmes, Characterization & Documentation, Management & Evaluation, and Taxonomy & Evolution. The mandate of the Genebank comprises the collection, conservation, and distribution of plant genetic resources (PGR). With a total inventory of 148.128 accessions from 3.049 plant species and 801 genera, the IPK-Genebank holds one of the most comprehensive collections worldwide and provides a major contribution to the prevention of extinction (genetic erosion) of both cultivated plants and their related wild species. Outposts of the gene bank are situated in Groß Lüsewitz and Malchow/Poel (Mecklenburg-West Pommerania). A substantial part of the collection is stored as seeds at temperatures of 0°C or –15°C. Vegetatively propagated material is conserved either by permanent field culture or through in vitro cultures and/or cryo-conservation under liquid nitrogen. As an international information centre for taxonomy of cultivated plants, the Genebank possesses comprehensive reference collections including a herbarium with more than 390.000 samples.
Activities
- Research
Parent institution
Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK)
Coordinated projects
Involved in research projects
- Evaluation of genetic resources in cereals regarding development of root system from the aspect of fast and effective youth growth - especially for organic farming
- Flowcytometrical analysis in the collections of the wild species and cultivars of the fruit gene bank
- GABI-FUTURE - Joint project: 'extension and application of the GABI-TILLING platform for functional analysis of crop genes (GABI-TILL)' (Sub-project C)
- Studies on symptom manifestation in Brassicaceae caused by Alternaria pathogens with special regard to Sinapis spec.
Contact
Department of Genebank
Corrensstr. 3
06466 Gatersleben
Saxony-Anhalt
Germany
Phone: +49 (0)39482 5220
Fax: +49 (0)39482 5500
Email: graner(@)ipk-gatersleben.de
