The national genebank in Mali made their third deposit
#SMULTRON SEEDS UPDATE#
This deposit also marked a notable first: the seeds from the JKI’s are packed in a smaller unit that will beplaced into the same box as last year’s deposit from JKI’s to save space for future shipments. This is now possible thanks to an update to the Seed Portal Seed Portal – NordGen, the publicly accessible database that is containing information about which sees are in the seed vault and in which boxes they are stored.Īmong the four other genebanks who deposited seeds this week was the national genebank in Mali, which has a total of 3,446 seed samples-primarily of sorghum, an important crop in the region-in its collection.
So far, we have only a few samples, whereas other genebanks store thousands”, Höfer said. “Step by step, we will add to our genebank’s collection in the Seed Vault.
The institute completed its second deposit in the Seed Vault this week, safeguarding seeds of wild strawberry. “We want to use a range of methods to ensure we properly conserve the genes of these valuable fruits”, said Monika Höfer, the manager of the JKI’s Institute for Breeding Research on Fruit Crops. The Seed Vault safeguards over one million seed samples in total, deposited by almost 90 genebanks over the past 13 years. In total, five genebanks sent almost 6 500 accessions for the February deposit at Svalbard Global Seed Vault AfricaRice in Côte d’Ivoire, ICRISAT in India, Julius Kühn Institute (JKI) in Germany, SADC Plant Genetic Resources Centre in Zambia and the national genebank in Mali. Strawberries and watermelons may not come to mind when picturing the frozen, barren landscape surrounding the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, but this week, seeds from both those fruits were deposited in the Seed Vault for long-term safekeeping.įive genebanks made their deposits in the Seed Vault
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