Filters

Performance table descriptors key

1. Total number of accessions
Base number of accessions in the collections (excluding barley at CIMMYT, rice at CIAT, Rhizobium and mycorrhiza at CIAT and ICARDA, and regional collections of ICRISAT)

2. Total number of accessions that are currently available
Number of accessions that are viability tested, disease-free and with sufficient seed number for immediate distribution

3. Number of seed accessions
Number of seed accessions in the collections

4. Number of vegetatively propagated accessions
Number of vegetatively propagated accessions in the collections

5. Number of live plant accessions
Number of live plant accessions

6. Number of seed accessions held in long-term storage and safety duplicated at two levels
Numbers of accessions in seed collections held in long-term storage and safety duplicated in a major genebank and in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault

7. Number of vegetatively propagated accessions in cryopreservation or safety duplicated as in vitro
Number of vegetatively propagated accessions (e.g., roots, tubers, bananas) in cryopreservation or safety duplicated as in vitro samples

The Genebanks

The 11 CGIAR genebanks currently conserve 730,000 of cereals and grain legumes, forage crops, tree species, root and tuber crops, bananas and crop wild relatives.

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