Table 1.
Genebanks holding important Triticum and Aegilops collections, according to the historical FAO WIEWS database (http://www.fao.org/wiews-archive/wiews.jsp accessed on 23 August 2021), and present-day information from Genesys (https://www.genesys-pgr.org/ accessed on 23 August 2021) and EURISCO (https://eurisco.ipk-gatersleben.de accessed on 23 August 2021).
| Country | Institute | Institute Acronym (FAO WIEWS Institure Code) | Number of Accessions | Information Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Triticum | ||||
| Mexico | International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center | CIMMYT (MEX002) | 142,484 | Genesys |
| United States of America | National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility, USDA-ARS | NSGC (USA029) | 63,941 | Genesys |
| Australia | Australian Grains Genebank, Department of Economic Development Jobs Transport and Resources | AGG (AUS165) | 41,154 | Genesys |
| China | Institute of Crop Science, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences | ICS-CAAS (CHN001) | 41,030 | FAO WIEWS |
| Lebanon | International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas | ICARDA (LBN002) | 38,897 | Genesys |
| Russian Federation | N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Plant Genetic Resources | VIR (RUS001) | 38,315 | Genesys |
| India | National Bureau of Plant Genetic Resources | NBPGR (IND001) | 35,889 | FAO WIEWS |
| Japan | Department of Genetic Resources I, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences | NIAS (JPN003) | 34,652 | FAO WIEWS |
| Italy | Istituto di Bioscienze e Biorisorse, Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Bari | IBBR-CNR (ITA436) | 29,680 | https://ibbr.cnr.it/mgd accessed on 23 August 2021 |
| Germany | Genebank, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research | IPK (DEU146) | 27,442 | Genesys, EURISCO |
| Aegilops | ||||
| Israel | Lieberman Germplasm Bank, Institute for Cereal Crops Improvement, Tel-Aviv University | ICCI-TELAVUN (ISR003) | 7520 | Genesys |
| Lebanon | International Centre for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas | ICARDA (LBN002) | 5081 | Genesys |
| Russian Federation | N.I. Vavilov All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Plant Genetic Resources | VIR (RUS001) | 3362 | Genesys |
| Islamic Republic of Iran | National Plant Gene Bank of Iran, Seed and Plant Improvement Institute | NPGBI-SPII (IRN029) | 2653 | FAO WIEWS |
| Japan | Department of Genetic Resources I, National Institute of Agrobiological Sciences | NIAS (JPN003) | 2433 | FAO WIEWS |
| Japan | Plant Germplasm Institute, Faculty of Agriculture, Kyoto University | KYOPGI (JPN001) | 2396 | FAO WIEWS |
| United States of America | National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility, USDA-ARS | NSGC (USA029) | 2245 | Genesys |
| Mexico | International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center | CIMMYT (MEX002) | 2203 | Genesys |