Table 2.
Current cryo-storage status of in vitro grown shoot tips of potato
| Institute, country | Total accessions | Number of accessions | Cryopreservation methods | Literature | |||
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| IPK/GLKS, Germany | 6,124 (2,846) | 89 | 2,846 (2,846) | 2,855 | 1,436 | DMSO droplet vitrification | Keller personal communication 2014 |
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| CIP, Peru | 6,768 (2,414) | 3,931 | 6,125 (2,289) | 4,062 (49) | 869 | Droplet vitrification & Vitrification | Ellis and Panta personal communication 2014 |
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| Northern Region 6, USA | 5,808 | Jenderek personal communication 2014 | |||||
| NCGRP, USA | 247 | Droplet vitrification | |||||
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| NICS, RDA, Rep. Korea | 1,223 | 670 | 1,223 | Kim personal communication 2014 | |||
| NAC, RDA, Rep. Korea | 130 | Droplet vitrification | |||||
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| NIAS, Japan | 1,964 | 1,964 | 20 | 20 | V cryo-plate | Yamamoto (2013) | |
| NCSS, Japan | 130 | ||||||
| KAES HRO, Japan | 500 | 500 | Encapsulation vitrification | Hirai (2011) | |||
| CAES HRO, Japan | 100 | ||||||
( ) means number of wild potato accessions.
IPK (Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research); GLKS ( The Groß Lüsewitz Potato Collection); CIP (International Potato Center); NR6 (The US Potato Center); NCGRP (National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation); NICS RDA (National Institute of Crop Science, Rural Development Administration); NAC, RDA (National Agrobiodiversity Center, Rural Development Administration); NIAS (National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences); NCSS ((National Center of Seeds and Seedlings); KAES HRO (Kitami Agricultural Experiment Station, Hokkaido Research Organization); CAES HRO (Central Agricultural Experiment Station, Hokkaido Research Organization).