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. 2009 Jan;149(1):148–151. doi: 10.1104/pp.108.129205

Table III.

Germplasm banks with collections that focus on one or two cereal species

Cereals Maintained Name Web Site Part of System (Database)
Barley International Center For Agricultural Research in The Dry Areas (Syria) http://www.icarda.org CGIAR (SINGER)
Barley Germplasm Center Research Institute for Bioresources (Japan) http://www.shigen.nig.ac.jp/barley
European Barley Database http://barley.ipk-gatersleben.de/ebdb.php3
Spanish Barley Core Collection http://www.eead.csic.es/barley/index.php?lng=1
Maize North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station (Ames, Iowa) http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=36-25-12-00 NPGS (GRIN)
International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (Mexico) http://www.cimmyt.org/research/maize/mfsgb/htm/mfsgb.htm CGIAR (SINGER)
Maize Genetics Cooperation Stock Center (Genetic Stocks; Urbana, Illinois) http://maizecoop.cropsci.uiuc.edu/ NPGS (http://www.maizegdb.org/stock.php)
Millet and sorghum Plant Genetic Resources Conservation Unit (Griffin, Georgia) http://www.ars.usda.gov/main/site_main.htm?modecode=66-07-00-00 NPGS (GRIN)
International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics http://www.icrisat.org CGIAR (SINGER)
Rice International Rice Research Institute (Philippines) http://www.irri.org/grc/grchome/home.htm CGIAR (SINGER)
Genetic Stocks - Oryza Collection (Genetic Stocks; Stuttgart, Arkansas) http://www.ars.usda.gov/Main/docs.htm?docid=8318 NPGS (GRIN)
Rice Genetic Resources Stock Center (Genetic Stocks; Japan) http://www.shigen.nig.ac.jp/rice/oryzabase/top/top.jsp
Wheat International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT; Mexico) http://www.cimmyt.org/research/wheat/whegeba/htm/whegeba.htm CGIAR (SINGER)
Wheat Precise Genetic Stocks (Genetic Stocks; John Innes Centre, UK) http://www.jic.ac.uk/germplas/prec_ce/ John Innes Centre - BBSRC
Wheat Genetic and Genomic Resources Center (Genetic Stocks; Kansas State University, Manhattan, Kansas) http://www.k-state.edu/wgrc/