Description
The mission of the CRF is to contribute to preserve and sustainably use of genetic diversity of native plant varieties and neglected old varieties. Thus, the CRF conserves and uses landraces, crop wild relatives and other species that are no-longer-used but which have genetic potential value for food and agriculture, making available the heritage of Spanish agrobiodiversity, which is key for Agrofood Innovation as well as for the fulfilment of the environmental objectives of sustainable development. The term Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (PGRFA) refers to this group of materials. One of the main CRF's functions is the Conservation and Characterization of an important part of this diversity such are the Active Collections of Winter Cereals (wheat, barley, rye, avena) and Grain Legumes (chickpea, lentils, vetch, common bean) and some industrial crops (sunflower, cotton). At July 2022 that collections were composed by 22626 accessions identified by passport data established following the FAO/Biodiversity Multicrop Passport Descriptors including: identification code in holding institution, taxonomic information and common and local name, data of the collection site, biological status, acquisition sources and storage condition. More information about this collection and a template to request this material are available at www.bancocrf.inia.es.
Data Records
The data in this occurrence resource has been published as a Darwin Core Archive (DwC-A), which is a standardized format for sharing biodiversity data as a set of one or more data tables. The core data table contains 22,626 records.
1 extension data tables also exist. An extension record supplies extra information about a core record. The number of records in each extension data table is illustrated below.
This IPT archives the data and thus serves as the data repository. The data and resource metadata are available for download in the downloads section. The versions table lists other versions of the resource that have been made publicly available and allows tracking changes made to the resource over time.
Versions
The table below shows only published versions of the resource that are publicly accessible.
How to cite
Researchers should cite this work as follows:
De la Rosa L (2023). INIA-CRF (CSIC) Plant genetic resources for agriculture and food active collection. Version 1.3. INIA. Centro Nacional de Recursos Fitogenéticos (CSIC). Occurrence dataset. https://doi.org/10.15470/xtpggq
Rights
Researchers should respect the following rights statement:
The publisher and rights holder of this work is INIA. Centro Nacional de Recursos Fitogenéticos (CSIC). This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution (CC-BY 4.0) License.
GBIF Registration
This resource has been registered with GBIF, and assigned the following GBIF UUID: 2a3d5f9f-9362-4fce-bd11-d2f9146ba35d. INIA. Centro Nacional de Recursos Fitogenéticos (CSIC) publishes this resource, and is itself registered in GBIF as a data publisher endorsed by GBIF Spain.
Keywords
occurrence; Specimen; plants; conservation; agrobiodiversity; food and agriculture; cereal; grain legumes; industrial crops; use collection
External data
The resource data is also available in other formats
| Spanish National Inventory of Plant Genetic Resources (former version) | https://webx.inia.es//web_inventario_nacional/Introduccioneng.asp ASCII Online search engine |
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| CRF characterization data | https://webx.inia.es//web_inventario_nacional/Caracterizacioneng.asp ASCII Online search engine |
| EURISCO | https://eurisco.ipk-gatersleben.de/apex/eurisco_ws/r/eurisco/home ASCII Online search engine |
| GENESYS | https://www.genesys-pgr.org/ ASCII Online search engine |
Contacts
- Content Provider ●
- Metadata Provider ●
- Originator ●
- Point Of Contact
https://orcid.org/0000 0002 6787 0866
- Point Of Contact
Geographic Coverage
CRF's active collection included accessions collected in 102 different countries
| Bounding Coordinates | South West [-90, -180], North East [90, 180] |
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Taxonomic Coverage
CRF's active collections includes accessions belong to 417 different taxa
| Kingdom | Plantae |
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Temporal Coverage
| Start Date / End Date | 1901-01-01 / 2022-03-13 |
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Sampling Methods
Plant genetics resources acquisition procedure used at the CRF follow the international standards available at: https://www.fao.org/3/i3704e/i3704e.pdf
| Study Extent | CRF's active collection included accessions collected in 102 different countries, most of them collected in Spain |
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| Quality Control | Seed status regarding germination and viability is checking every ten year for most of the conserved species. Germination tests are performed according to international standards for germplasm banks. |
Method step description:
- The methodology is different depending on the type of material to be collected. Collecting cultivated varieties: - Prospecting to determine the collection area - Contact with local agriculture staff and potential donors of local varieties - Schedule germplasm collecting mission to make collection at harvest time of after farmers harvest - Collect seed of crop species from farmer's fields, stores or local market - On-site collection of passport data, uses, agricultural cycles and other interesting information - Uniquely identify each sample. - Package the materials in optimal conditions until delivery to the genebank facilities. A part of the seeds conserved coming from regeneration/multiplication essays carried out at CRF facilities of other colaborating's institution. In these cases, seed are obtained after the field growing cycles most accurate for each species.
- Collection of wild species - List the species of interest - Apply, for each species and location, for the requested collection permits - Locate the distribution of these species on the basis of bibliographic information. - Establish a work schedule according to the phenological cycles of the target species in order to identify the species and to collect at the optimum stage of seed maturation. To optimize this information, it is essential to contact with local botanists. - Field seed collection of the species of interest at the optimum stage of maturity, avoiding elements in poor condition and contaminating seeds. - Collect information of passport data, including, if possible, nearby plant communities. - Uniquely identify each sample. - Package the materials in optimal conditions until delivery to the genebank facilities. A part of the seeds conserved coming from regeneration/multiplication essays carried out at CRF facilities of other colaborating's institution. In these cases, seed are obtained after the field growing cycles most accurate for each species.
Collection Data
| Collection Name | INIA-CRF (CSIC) Plant genetic resources for agriculture and food active collection |
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| Collection Identifier | https://webx.inia.es/web_coleccionescrf/BancoCRF.asp |
| Parent Collection Identifier | No aplica |
| Specimen preservation methods | Other |
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| Curatorial Units | Between 100 and 20,000 Semillas |
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Additional Metadata
The request for these materials, to be used in the above mentioned activities, can be made using the form included in the National Inventory of Plant Genetic Resources web site (https://bancocrf.inia.es/es/). The shipment will be made after signing the corresponding material transfer agreement (FAO Standard Material Transfer Agreement or other MTA).
| Purpose | The aim of this active seed collection is it use in research, breeding and training or direct use. The collection includes mainly local varieties or landraces of crops to be used on food and agriculture, wild relatives, mainly crop wild relatives and breeding material and obsolete commercial varieties. The most important group, with 71% of the total of more than 22,600 accessions includes local varieties collected in Spain. All this material is of current and potential interest as a source of genes that allow the design of new varieties to give response the needs of the new agricultural systems, both in the search for responses to climate change and to the new demands of users. The recovery of local varieties of interest is another of the uses of these materials. |
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| Maintenance Description | The seeds of the CRF's active collection are stored at low temperature and maintained with a low moisture content (<7%). This collection is stored at temperatures of -4ºC in airtight resealable glass containers with humidity indicator as a control- measure. |
| Alternative Identifiers | 10.15470/xtpggq |
| 2a3d5f9f-9362-4fce-bd11-d2f9146ba35d | |
| https://ipt.gbif.es/resource?r=inia-crf-activa |