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Filling the gaps on Brazilian crop wild relatives in ex situ collections: germplasm collecting of wild Eleusine, Ipomoea, Oryza and Solanum.

Grant No

Filling the gaps on Brazilian crop wild relatives in ex situ collections

Project Description

This project supported gap filling of Brazillian crop wild relatives in ex situ collections. Gap analysis was based upon updated information of natural species distribution and predicted impacts of climate change collection. Germplasm was collected of wild finger millet, sweet potato, rice, and potato. In addition, protocols for cryopreservation of potato and sweet potato were adapted to evaluate the physiologic quality of the seeds. Collected accessions were deposited in Ambrapa genebanks and the Millennium Seed Bank of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Institute Name

Brazilian Agricultural Research Corporation (Embrapa)

Institute Country

Brazil

List of Countries

Brazil

Crops

Crop	Seed or Veg type	Acc collected	Acc regenerated	Acc sent to CG	Acc introduced to genebank	Acc sent to Svalbard
Finger Millet		0	0	0	0	0
Sweetpotato		0	0	0	0	0
Rice		0	0	0	0	0
Potato		0	0	0	0	0

Program Name

Crop Wild Relatives

Donor

Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (NORAD)

Start Date

1st of April 2015

End Date

1st of March 2018

Status

Completed