Establishment of an European Plant Genetic Resources Information InfraStructure EPGRIS

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The 4th region 6 countries 6 different status
of PGR
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The countries and the focal persons

• Belgium Mr M. Lateur (Centre de Recherche
  Agronomiques de Gembloux CRA)
• France Ms V. Jamilloux (Bureau des Ressources
  Génétiques BRG)
• Ireland Mr G. Rennick (Plant Genetic Resources
  for Food Agriculture )
• Liechtenstein (No focal person)
• Luxembourg (No focal person)
• The Netherlands Mr T. van Hintum (Centre for
  Genetic Resources, The Netherlands CGN)
• Switzerland Mr G. Kleijer (Station Fédérale de
  Recherches en Production Végétale de Changins
  RAC)
• United Kingdom Ms H. Ougham (Institut of
  Grassland and Evironmental Research IGER-WP)

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The Belgium status

• Before 2002
• No national policy of PGR
• At least 6 institutions manage the PGR
• At least 12 species are in collections 11 230
  accessions
• most of the species are fruit species
• Only 2 collections are computerized

• Since 2002
• The PGR policy is under the responsibility of the
  regions which will develop the PGR management
• The most work is the development of a Platform
  Biodiversity and a Biodiversity Resources in
  Belgium federal web site
• The NI is focused, for the moment, on fruit
  species

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The French status

• BRG defines and organizes the National policy of
  PGR
• Each network is a group of curators with an
  animator and steering committee
• The National collection of a network is composed
  with material given by curators
• A National collection is relative to a species or
  a group of related species, managed by a network
• All the material and the information associated
  in National collections, is in free availability
• The National collections are computerized at 90
• The PGR are hold by 26 networks
• National collections count 168 species 30 000
  accessions

• Since EPGRIS
• French National Inventory is defined by whole of
  National collections
• The networks are encouraged to use the MCDLv2
• 2 National collections are ready to upload their
  data to EURISCO

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The Ireland status

• The national PGR policy is coordinate by the
  Department of Agriculture, Food and Rural
  Development
• 7 germplasm holders (5 public institutes and 2
  private organisations) maintain PGR
• Collections count 20 species gt 1 000 accessions

• Since EPGRIS
• The national coordinator design and put in place
  the database for the National Inventory
• All concerned agencies and institutes are
  contacted and sort their inventory to integrate
  their data in the national Inventory
• Data entry in database and making available at
  least on Department of Agriculture web site

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The Netherland status

• The Dutch national policy is managed by the
  Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands
  (CGN)
• All the material and the information associated
  in CGN collections, is in free availability
• The 85 collections, in the country, count 287
  species represented 25 000 accessions

• Since EPGRIS
• the Dutch NI include the documentation of the
  CGN PGR collections
• The Dutch NI data are on-line searchable
  database
• CGN waiting for the MCPDLv2 and the EPGRIS
  uploading mechanism to translate data into EURISCO

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The Switzerland status

• In 1900, the Federal Research Station for Plant
  Production (RAC) started the constitution of its
  wheat collection
• Since 1991, the Commission for the Conservation
  of Cultivated Plants (CRC) co-ordinates the PGR
  activities, particularly the preparation and
  maintenance of the NI in collaboration with RAC
  and Federal Office for Agriculture
• In 1999, The National Plan of action finances a
  fruit trees inventory (with data base) and other
  projects concerning PGR and the development of
  concepts for PGR conservation
• The conservation of PGR is carried out by 30
  public and private organisations and represents
  19 000 accessions

• Since EPGRIS
• The NI is created with accessions of which long
  term storage is assured (MCPDL is used)
• The NI count 131 species 13 400 accessions
  and concern the collections of 18 public and
  private organisations
• The electronic documentation system is on going

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The United Kingdom status

• The UK PGR policy is coordinated by the
  Department for Environment, Food Rural Affairs
  (DEFRA)
• PGR activities are shared out different national
  structures among UKPGRG, IGER
• The material is in 18 collections maintain by 14
  public or private organisations. They use the
  MCDPL and they have their own documentation
  system
• collections count ? species ? accessions

• Since EPGRIS
• Establish the UK NI with no funds and only
  existing ways
• IGER is nominated to coordinate the procedures
  for implementing the UK NI
• All curators of collections are contacted to
  prepare the procedures for implementing NI
• IGER manage the translating from collection
  databases to UK NI database
• Waiting for the MCDPLv2 and the EPGRIS
  definition procedure for the data to importing,
  updating and publishing NI data

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Conclusions

• 5 countries are engaged any procedures to
  constitute their National Inventory. One is not
  engaged yet
• All focal persons are active and they understood
  the interest of the EPGRIS project
• 2 approaches for National Inventory
• The availability of material and documentation
• The availability of documentation only
• Some countries are ready to upload data, others
  one have to make operational their own procedures
• All the countries need the validate MCDPLv2 and a
  technical documentation about EURISCO