Table 1.
The conservation of soybean germplasm resources
| Country | Institution | Accessions (G. max/G. soja) | Ref. or website |
|---|---|---|---|
| China | Chinese National Soybean GeneBank (CNSGB) | 36,000/9862 | Wang (1982), Chang and Sun (1991), Chang et al. (1996), Qiu et al. (2013a), Guo et al. (2022) |
| USA | USDA Soybean Germplasm Collection | 20,224/1179 | https://npgsweb.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/search |
| Korea | National Agrobiodiversity Center (NAC) | ~ 26,000/NA | Kim et al. (2022) |
| Japan | National Agricuture and Food Research Organization (NARO) | 8523/2346 | https://www.gene.affrc.go.jp/ |
| Ukraine | Institute of Agroecology and Biotechnology | 7000/NA | Boerma and Specht (2004) |
| Russia | N. I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry | 6126/310 | Boerma and Specht (2004) |
| Brazil | Centro Nacional de Pesquisa De Recursos Genéticos e Biotec. (CENARGEN) | 4693/NA | Boerma and Specht (2004) |
| India | India National Genebank (NGB) | 3702/NA | Babu et al. (2018) |
| Germany | Genebank, Institute for Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Res. (IPK) | 3063/2 | Boerma and Specht (2004) |
| France | G. I. E. Amelioration Fourragere | 1582/NA | Boerma and Specht (2004) |
| Indonesia | Sukamandi Research Institute for Food Crops (SURIF) | 2194/4 | Boerma and Specht (2004) |
| Canada | Plant Gene Resources of Canada (PGRC) | 1031/NA | Fu et al. (2021) |