Title The core collection of the Northern European gene pool of Ribes created by RIBESCO project /
Translation of Title Projekto "RIBESCO" sukurta bendra Šiaurės Europos Ribes genties genofondo kolekcija.
Authors Karhu, Saila ; Antonius, Kristiina ; Kaldmäe, Hedi ; Pluta, Stanislaw ; Rumpunen, Kimmo ; Ryliškis, Darius ; Sasnauskas, Audrius ; Schulte, Erik ; Strautina, Sarmite ; Grout, Brian
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Is Part of Sodininkystė ir daržininkystė. 2007, t. 26(3), p. 179-186.. ISSN 0236-4212
Keywords [eng] Cryopreservation ; Currants ; Database ; Gene bank ; Germplasm ; Gooseberry ; Markers
Abstract [eng] The RIBESCO project, partly funded by the European Community, has been designed to improve the level of characterisation and conservation of the Northern European Ribes germplasm, currants and gooseberry, utilising coordinated, international achievements. A core collection of the Northern European Ribes germplasm will be established and preserved with special intensity. In the first phase, the Ribes germplasm conserved in the national ex situ collections is subjected to phenotypic characterisation using internationally defined descriptors. Information obtained will be saved in a database and it will be used to select material to the Ribes core collection and to define the part of germplasm that will be identified using molecular markers. The data of molecular identification provide a suggestion for an optimal core collection, representing a maximum amount of genetic variation, with true-to-type varieties selected and duplicated accessions uncovered. The selection of the most valuable genotypes is also based on agronomic, historical or other important cultural values. The decentralised Ribes core collection is established to assure the preservation of selected germplasm, each plant accession to be conserved as safety duplicates. For conservation, both ex situ field collections, in vitro slow-growth collections and cryopreservation long-term collections are established. Easy-access documentation will be a part of the activity. The project promotes Ribes genetic material transfer and use on a whole European scale.
Type Journal article
Language English
Publication date 2007