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Collaboration between Genebanks and the Private Sector for the conservation and use of vegetable genetic resources in Europe
(From: Report of a Vegetables Network. Joint Meeting with an ad hoc group on Leafy Vegetables, 22-24 May 2003, Skierniewice, Poland. Appendix III, p. 136-137).

An initiative taken by the ECPGR Secretariat to strengthen collaboration between genebanks and the private sector for the regeneration of endangered vegetable accessions was proposed during the ECPGR Vegetables Network meeting in Skierniewice, Poland in May 2003. The proposal was welcomed by the Network and the ECPGR Secretariat was given responsibility to collect requests for help from genebanks and offers to contribute to regeneration work by breeding companies.
As of June 2005, several expressions of interest in this initiative were obtained from breeders from various European countries, both from the private and public sector. However, there were no corresponding requests from genebanks to use the services of the breeders.

As positive results, a couple of bilateral and within-country initiatives were started following the ECPGR proposal, but none of them required the coordination of the Secretariat or any legal or technical advice:

- In Germany, the genebank of IPK found private partners who were willing to help in the regeneration of wild Allium accessions.
- In Italy, the University of Catania signed a Memorandum of Understanding with a consortium of private breeders establishing conditions for activities of mutual interest regarding regeneration, characterization and evaluation of vegetable species i.e. Brassicaceae, Solanaceae, Liliaceae and Umbelliferae.

Table 1. Expressions of interest to participate in genebank–breeder collaboration as of June 2005 (partners currently involved in bilateral collaboration are shaded)

Country

Institute / Company
(contact person)

Scope of collaboration

Information
provided by

Genebanks

Germany

Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK)
(J. Keller)

Seed propagation of wild species of Allium

J. Keller (IPK)

Italy

Dipartimento di OrtoFloroArboricoltura e Tecnologie Agroalimentari (DOFATA), Universitŕ di Catania
(F. Branca)

Various vegetable species i.e. Brassicaceae, Solanaceae, Liliaceae, Umbelliferae

L. Maggioni (IPGRI)

Breeders and other partners

Germany

Marner GZG Saaten AG
(M. Rauber)

Allium initiatives

J. Keller (IPK)

 

Calbenser Handelsgesellschaft mbH
(R. Tischer)

Allium initiatives

J. Keller (IPK)

Italy

Peotec Seeds
(P. Passeri)

n.s.

L. Maggioni (IPGRI)

 

Istituto Sperimentale Agronomico (ISA)
(D. De Giorgio)

n.s

C. Fideghelli (ISF)

 

Istituto Sperimentale per le Colture Industriali (ISCI)
(P. Ranalli)

n.s.

C.Fideghelli (ISF)

 

Istituto Sperimentale per l’Agrumicoltura (ISA)
(G. Reforgiato Recupero)

n.s.

C. Fideghelli (ISF)

 

Istituto Sperimentale per la Frutticoltura (ISF)
(C. Fideghelli)

n.s.

C. Fideghelli (ISF)

 

Consorzio per la Valorizzazione delle Sementi (CONVASE)
(A. Lipparini)

n.s.

F. Branca (DOFATA)

The Netherlands

Enza Zaden Company
(n.s.)

Regeneration of endangered material of vegetable species

M.C. Daunay (INRA)

 

Dutch Allium breeders united in Plantum NL
 (n.s.)

Regeneration of Allium species under the coordination of CGN

I. Boukema (CGN)

 

Dutch Leafy Vegetables breeders united in Plantum NL
 (n.s.)

Regeneration of leafy vegetable material of endangered collections, under the coordination of CGN

I. Boukema (CGN)

Slovak Republic

Slovak Association of Seed Traders and Breeders (SASTAB)
(F. Debre)

n.s.

J. Turok (IPGRI)

Spain

Seminis Vegetable Seeds Ibérica S.A.
(G. Anastasio Ramón)

n.s.

M.J. Díez Niclós (UPV)

n.s. = not specified