The report of National Bioresource Project-Wheat II. Seed resources, 2007
Taihachi Kawahara1, Takashi R. Endo2, Tsuneo Sasanuma3
1 Laboratory of Crop Evolution, Plant Germ-plasm Institute, 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 Evolutionary Genetics, Kihara Institute for Biological research, Yokohama City University, Maioka, Totuka-ku, Yokohama 244-0813, Japan
Present address: 3 Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Wakaba, Tsuruoka 997-8555, Japan
Corresponding author: Taihachi Kawahara
E-mail: kawatai@mbox.kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp
The second stage of NBRP-Wheat has started in April 2007. In this second stage, the activity in seed resources is focused on the maintenance and distribution of the genetic stocks collected during the first stage of NBRP-Wheat. Achievements during April 2007 to March 2008 are reported here.
Maintenance of seed resources: Regeneration of total of 748 strains was finished early in summer 2007. Seventy-five landraces and 14 experimental lines of tetraploid wheat were grown in Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University (KIBR) and 659 strains consisting of several wild species and landraces were grown in Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University. In autumn 2007 1195 strains were sown, 354 at KIBR and 941 at Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University.
Distribution of seed resources: Total of 689 strains have been distributed to various researchers and institutions throuout the world (Table 1).