Plant genetic resources describe the variability within plants that comes from human and natural selection over millennia. Their intrinsic value mainly...

International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (also known as ITPGRFA, International Seed Treaty or Plant Treaty) is a comprehensive...

Genetic resources are genetic material of actual or potential value, where genetic material means any material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin...

preserve genetic diversity; hence it is a type of gene bank. There are many reasons to store seeds. One is to preserve the genes that plant breeders need...

Forest genetic resources or forest tree genetic resources are genetic resources (i.e., genetic material of actual or future value) of forest shrub and...

Research Service (ARS). Its mission is to conserve the genetic diversity of agriculturally important plants while facilitating the use of germplasm (seeds and...

and agriculture. It was established in 1983 as the Commission on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. In 1995, the mandate of the Commission...

International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR) in 1974. In October 1993, IBPGR became the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI) and...

Animal genetic resources for food and agriculture (AnGR), also known as farm animal genetic resources or livestock biodiversity, are genetic resources (i...

Germplasm refers to genetic resources such as seeds, tissues, and DNA sequences that are maintained for the purpose of animal and plant breeding, conservation...

returned to Ethiopia and became involved in the planning of the Plant Genetic Resources Centre in Addis Ababa, of which he became Director in 1979. He...

uniform if the plant characteristics are consistent from plant to plant within the variety; stable if the plant characteristics are genetically fixed and therefore...

Genetic resources means genetic material of actual or potential value where genetic material means any material of plant, animal, microbial or other origin...

served in public institutions working in agricultural biodiversity, plant genetic resources, crop breeding and research management. He was awarded an OBE by...

The National Centre for Plant Genetic Resources: Polish Genebank (NCPGR) is a research unit in the Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute – National...

Nordic plant germplasm via frozen seeds in an abandoned coal mine outside of Longyearbyen. In 2001, the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for...

Use of Pesticides, Rome, 1985 FAO International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources, Rome, 1983 Framework Convention for the Protection of the Marine...

The Nagoya Protocol on Access to Genetic Resources and the Fair and Equitable Sharing of Benefits Arising from their Utilization to the Convention on...

Approaches to the Conservation and Use of Plant Genetic Resources. Rome, Italy: International Plant Genetic Resources Institute. p. 199. ISBN 978-92-9043-444-3...

International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR) in Rome and made major contributions towards conserving the genetic resources of the world's food...

Scientific Expertise on Biodiversity — International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture — International Union for Conservation...

by whom. The 1990 annual report of the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources (IBPGR, now Bioversity International) is one of the earliest references...

The Institute of Plant Industry, Vavilov Institute of Plant Industry or N. I. Vavilov All-Russian Institute of Plant Genetic Resources (VIR) (in Russian:...

Plant genetics is the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity specifically in plants. It is generally considered a field of biology and botany...

botanical taxonomy term) International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (Plant Treaty, or ITPGRFA) Convention on Biological Diversity...

Livestock Feeds & Feeding Ornamental Horticulture Plant Breeding Abstracts Plant Genetic Resources Abstracts Plant Growth Regulator Abstracts Postharvest News...

projects commissioned by the United Nations International Board for Plant Genetic Resources; and Ameenah Gurib-Fakim, a biodiversity scientist who later became...

diversity for food crops available under the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA). The organization also provides...

biodiversity is the variety and variability of crops, plants used in agriculture, including their genetic and phenotypic characteristics. It is a subset of...

A history of the world collection of plant genetic resources in Russia. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, Italy. ISBN 92-9043-412-0...