The report of National Bioresource Project-Wheat III. Seed resources, 2012.
Taihachi Kawahara1, Takashi R. Endo2, Shuhei Nasuda2, Tomohiro Ban3 and Masahiro Kishii3
1 Laboratory of Crop Evolution, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Mozume, Muko 617-0001, Japan
2 Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitasirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
3 Division of Plant Genetic Resources Science, Kihara Institute for Biological research, Yokohama City University, Maioka, Totuka-ku, Yokohama 244-0813, Japan
Corresponding Author: Taihachi Kawaura
E-mail: kawahara.taihachi.2z@kyoto-u.ac.jp
Maintenance of seed resources
Regenerated seeds of total of 1,559 strains were harvested until early summer in 2012. Four hundred bread wheat were grown in Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University (KIBR) and 1,159 strains consisting of several wild species and landraces were grown in Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University. Total of 1,313 strains were sown in autumn 2012, 314 in KIBR and 999 at Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University.
Distribution of seed resources
Total of 510 strains have been distributed to various researchers and institutions around the world (Table 1).