Authors: Chunlin Long
Publish Date: 2016/01/12
Volume: 63, Issue: 3, Pages: 581-582
Abstract
For ten years 1999–2009 I was involved in the national Chinese program named “China Germplasm Bank of Wild Species” http//wwwgenobankorg/ as the Chief Engineer and Scientist The program aimed to collect and preserve 19000 species and 190000 accessions of wild germplasm resources within a period of 15 years 2005–2020 Most resources preserved in the bank are seeds particularly those from southwest China including QinghaiTibet Plateau Other germplasm resources in the bank include in vitro culture and DNA of plants fungi and other microbes animal cells and tissues and living collections of plants with three Es properties Endemic species Endangered and rare species and Economically or scientifically important species
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