Garlic and Shallot Core Collection image database of IPK presenting two vegetatively maintained crops in the Federal ex situ genebank for agricultural and horticultural crops at Gatersleben, Germany

Garlic and shallot are important vegetable and spice plants, garlic is also a medicinal crop widely used throughout the world. Both belong to the genus Allium, which has been a main target of the taxonomical research at the IPK for many years. Therefore, the IPK’s living collection of Allium is one...

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Published in:Genetic resources and crop evolution 2012-10, Vol.59 (7), p.1407-1415
Main Authors: Colmsee, Christian, Joachim Keller, E. R, Zanke, Christine, Senula, Angelika, Funke, Thomas, Oppermann, Markus, Weise, Stephan, Scholz, Uwe
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Agricultural economics
Agriculture
Allium
Biomedical and Life Sciences
Collection
Crops
Cryopreservation
Data collection
Garlic
Germplasm
Horticultural crops
Life Sciences
Maintenance costs
Medicinal plants
Physical characteristics
Plant Genetics and Genomics
Plant Physiology
Plant Sciences
Plant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography
Plants (botany)
Research Article
spices
vegetables
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Summary:Garlic and shallot are important vegetable and spice plants, garlic is also a medicinal crop widely used throughout the world. Both belong to the genus Allium, which has been a main target of the taxonomical research at the IPK for many years. Therefore, the IPK’s living collection of Allium is one of the world’s largest special collections of this genus with garlic and shallot being essential parts of this collection. Furthermore, they are subject to special activities to preserve the material in vitro and in cryopreservation. Both methods help protecting valuable germplasm from abiotic and biotic threats and reduce the maintenance costs in the long term. At present, the garlic collection maintained at the IPK incorporates germplasm of 509 accessions in total including all safety duplicates not offered for exchange. Of shallot, 114 accessions are present as well. Passport data as well as phenotypic data of 159 accessions of garlic, one of great headed garlic and 16 of shallot are included in the Garlic and Shallot Core Collection Database (GSCC). An additional part of the database is a comprehensive collection of images illustrating morphological characteristics of the accessions. Exploration of the information is supported by a web-based application. The GSCC is available at http://www.ipk-gatersleben.de/databases/gscc .
ISSN:0925-9864
1573-5109
DOI:10.1007/s10722-011-9768-4