Table 3.
List of holders of ex situ collections of potato germplasm (Solanum sp.) (FAO 2010)
| Name of institute* | Accessions | Types of accession (%) | |||||
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| No. | % | WS | LR | BL | AC | OT | |
| INRA-RENNES, France | 10,461 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 84 | 8 | |
| VIR, Russian Federation | 8,889 | 9 | 46 | 3 | 26 | 25 | |
| CIP, Peru | 7,450 | 8 | 2 | 69 | 2 | <1 | 27 |
| IPK, Germany | 5,392 | 5 | 18 | 37 | 7 | 32 | 6 |
| NR6, USA | 5,277 | 5 | 65 | 21 | 9 | 5 | <1 |
| NIAS, Japan | 3,408 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 31 | 65 | |
| CORPOICA, Colombia | 3,043 | 3 | 100 | ||||
| CPRI, India | 2,710 | 3 | 15 | 85 | |||
| BNGTRA-PROINPA, Bolivia | 2,393 | 2 | 26 | 74 | |||
| HBROD, Czech Republic | 2,207 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 29 | 52 | 13 |
| BAL, Argentine | 1,739 | 2 | 85 | 15 | |||
| CNPH, Brazil | 1,735 | 2 | 100 | ||||
| SASA, UK | 1,671 | 2 | 100 | ||||
| ROPTA, Netherland | 1,610 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 95 | |
| PNP-INIFAP, Mexico | 1,500 | 2 | 100 | ||||
| TARI, Taiwan | 1,282 | 1 | 100 | ||||
| SamAI, Uzbekistan | 1,223 | 1 | 100 | ||||
| IPRBON, Poland | 1,182 | 1 | 8 | 92 | |||
| RIPV, Kazakhstan | 1,117 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 15 | 57 | |
| SVKLOMNICA, Slovakia | 1,080 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 47 | 41 | 9 |
| Others (154) | 32,916 | 33 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 16 | 46 |
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| Total | 98,285 | 100 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 14 | 35 |
WS: wild species, LR: landraces/old cultivars, BL: research materials/breeding lines, AC: advanced cultivars, OT: (others) the types are unknown or a mixture of two or more types.
INRA-RENNES: d’Amélioration des Plantes Institut national de la recherche agronomique/Station, VIR: N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Plant Industry, CIP: Centro Internacional de la Papa; IPK: External Branch North of the Department Genebank, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research, Potato, NR6: Potato Germplasm Introduction Station, United States Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Services, NIAS: National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences, CORPOICA: Centro de Investigación La Selva, Corporación Colombiana de Investigación Agropecuaria, CPRI: Central Potato Research Institute, BNGTRA-PROINPA: Banco Nacional de Germoplasma de Tubérculos y Raíces Andinas, Fundación para la Promoción e Investigación de Productos Andinos, HBROD: Potato Research Institute Havlickuv Brod Ltd., BAL: Banco Activo de Germoplasma de Papa, Forrajeras y Girasol Silvestre, CNPH: Embrapa Hortaliças, SASA: Science and Advice for Scottish Agriculture, Scottish Government, ROPTA: Plant Breeding Station Ropta, PNP-INIFAP: Programa Nacional de la Papa, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Forestales, Agrícolas y Pecuarias, TARI: Taiwan Agricultural Research Institute, SamAI: Samarkand Agricultural Institute named F. Khodjaev, IPRBON: Institute for Potato Research, Bonin, RIPV: Research Institute of Potato and Vegetables, SVKLOMNICA: Potato Research and Breeding Institute.