STRAWBERRY GENEBANK INFORMATION ON THE WORLDWIDE WEB

The U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service (USDA-ARS), National Clonal Germplasm Repository at Corvallis, Oregon houses the Fragaria genebank for the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS). This collection includes 411 unique F. x ananassa Duch. cultivars and selections in addition to 1079 representatives of 33 taxa from 29 countries.
The clonal germplasm is maintained as potted plants growing in screenhouses and backed up as in vitro cultures stored for up to 5 years at 4°C. Seeds for wild species are preserved at -20°C. The background, or passport, information for each of the accessions is on the Germplasm Resources InfoNet (GRIN), which is accessible through the worldwide web at:

http://www.ars-grin.gov/npgs or from the Repository homepage at:

http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/PacWest/Corvallis/ncgr. An approved taxonomic list with authorities, citations, and synonyms is available.
Background clonal information includes breeder, history of development, pedigree, intellectual property rights, and a descriptive summary from the cultivar release and citations, where available.
Background species information includes collector, locality, and collection notes.
Evaluation information includes yield components, phenology, and fruit, plant and leaf characteristics.
Cultivar fruit images are also electronically accessible.
Co-ordination of the data entry for internationally approved descriptors is planned.
Plant requests can be placed electronically or through conventional correspondence.

III International Strawberry Symposium

K.E. Hummer, B.C. Strik

Fragaria x ananassa, germplasm, genetic resources, cultivar description

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.439.2