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The conservation of the Italian Crop Wild Relatives in the RIBES seed-banks: first data to establish national inventories and conservation priorities.

2016

The authors present the updated results of such census in the Italian Seed Bank Network for native species conservation (RIBES) with an analysis of the contribution to the conservation of the Italian FAO priority CWR. Finally, a national priority list for conservation of CWRs was drawn up and proposed here.

Settore BIO/01 - Botanica GeneraleCWRCrop wild relatives Italian flora RIBES seed bankcrop wild relativesconservationSettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaconservationCrop Wild Relatives CWR Seed Banks germplasmSeed Banksgermplasmex situcrop wild relatives
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The conservation of the endemic Crop Wild Relatives in the RIBES seed-banks: towards a national priority list for the Italian CWRs

2016

Data of 620 crop wild relatives of species of food and fodder interest listed in the Annex I of the FAO Treaty (FAO, 2001) were collected within the census carried out by ISPRA, the Italian National Institute for Environmental Protection and Research, in 2014-2015 in order to quantify the extent of CWR representation in the Italian ex situ collections. According to such census, the RIBES network preserve 37% of the Italian CWRs listed in the FAO Treaty: in 14 out of 16 seed-banks are preserved 6,029 accessions of 229 CWR taxa, belonging to 11 families and 57 genera.

Settore BIO/01 - Botanica GeneraleCWRRIBES seed-banksSettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaCrop Wild Relatives CWR Seed Banks endemic plants conservationconservationRIBES seed-banks; crop wild relatives; Italian CWRs listedSeed Banksendemic plantsItalian CWRs listedCrop Wild RelativesBanche del germoplasma Crop Wild Relatives Endemic Ribes
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The RIBES strategy for ex situ conservation: conventional and modern techniques for seed conservation

2022

The Italian seed bank network (RIBES) aims to improve the quality and safety of the germplasm reserves of native plant species in Italy to ensure the long-term conservation of endangered and/or endemic flora. The strategy includes traditional methods to secure seed conservation. A comprehensive priority list for seed collection is being defined, it was prepared by crossing data of various checklists (red lists, endemics) and will soon be cross-referenced with an updated list of accessions of the whole network. A safety-backup program of duplicates will quickly be implemented to secure the conservation of the most threatened species in at least two seed banks of the network. On the other han…

conservation strategyseed/spore researchSettore BIO/02 - Botanica SistematicaSettore BIO/03 - Botanica Ambientale E ApplicataItalian floraPlant Sciencepriority listsseed banksconservation strategy; Italian flora; priority lists; seed banks; seed/spore research
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