Status of medicinal and aromatic plants in - Inia

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PRESENTED PAPERS 143 Documentation and databases The Central Database of the Slovene Plant Gene Bank Vladimir Meglič Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, Ljubljana, Slovenia Introduction In 1996 the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Food started financing the Slovene Plant Gene Bank Programme with the goal to maintain, evaluate, regenerate and preserve Slovenian autochthonous species, ecotypes, populations and landraces of agricultural, medicinal and aromatic plants, forest trees and other woody plants from Slovenian forests. They include Slovenian cultivars, old cultivars, landraces, various populations, clones and lines bred from autochthonous plants and ecotypes from the natural habitat important for food, agriculture and forestry (Černe et al. 1998). In the Slovene Plant Gene Bank Programme working with agricultural, medicinal and aromatic plants (SPGB-AMAP) three institutions are involved: - the Agronomy Department at the Biotechnical Faculty of the University of Ljubljana is responsible for the Fagopyrum, Zea mays, fruit trees (Malus, Pyrus, Juglans, Prunus), forage crops and medicinal and aromatic plant (MAP) collections; - the Institute for Hops and Brewery in Žalec is responsible for Humulus and medicinal and aromatic plant collections; - the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia houses collections of grain legumes, Allium, Solanum tuberosum, Triticum, Brassica, Lactuca accessions, forage crops, Rubus and Vitis. The Programme for conservation of forest genetic resources (Slovenian Forest Gene Bank) is led by the Slovenian Forestry Institute, Ljubljana. Multiplication, storage and evaluation Each year limited numbers of accessions are planted in the field for seed multiplication, characterization and evaluation. During the growth period morphological characteristics and disease susceptibility are recorded (Černe 1999). When mature, seeds are collected, cleaned and dried. Between 500 and 1000 seeds per accession are stored at +4°C in working collections. In addition samples are prepared for the base collection (long-term storage at –20°C) located at the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia. Genetic resources are also kept in in vitro conditions and in vivo in permanent plantations for hops, fruit, grapevine and some MAP species. Collecting missions Seed samples and passport data were obtained with the help of local elementary and agricultural schools, the Agricultural Advisory Service, newspaper ads and farmers. Most of the people who sent us samples filled out a questionnaire which provided necessary data and some additional information on local names and growing practices. Collecting efforts are being continued through collecting missions throughout Slovenia. An important part of the collecting missions are joint missions with the Czech Republic and Croatia.
144 WORKING GROUP ON MEDICINAL AND AROMATIC PLANTS: FIRST MEETING Documentation The Agronomy Department of the Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia, the Institute of Hop Research and Brewing and the Slovenian Forestry Institute form the Slovenian Plant Gene Bank (SPGB) and work with species used in agriculture, forestry and for food. These institutions are responsible for ex situ germplasm collections stored in the form of seeds, in vitro and in vivo collections. Each institution holds a database for its working collection. With a need for a uniform and centralized documentation and information system, a computer program was used (Žitnik et al. 2000) to unite the four separate databases. This will enable easier and faster access to the complete information for all users, better management of germplasm resources in the Central Plant Gene Bank and exchange of information with other ECP/GR and EUFORGEN genebank databases. Each local database of the Slovenian Plant Gene Bank holds only data of the particular institution. These local databases are incorporated into the central database. The contents of the Central Plant Gene Bank (CPGB) are divided into 5 categories: - multicrop passport descriptors, - additional passport descriptors, - characterization data, - evaluation data, and - central seed bank holdings. The multicrop passport descriptors are the same for all plant species. The other four categories are specific for one species or group of species. Therefore, we have one database for the multicrop passport descriptors and several databases for the four other categories. The central database is constructed using the computer program MS Access 2000. It consists of one Access database containing five separate databases corresponding to the five categories above. The central database has been built using three different ways of entering data: - data existing in other computer formats (Dbase, Excel, etc.) are transformed directly into the central working database by the database manager; - new data are entered into the local Access databases at each institute and a copy of the local database is sent by email to the database manager; - at present the preferred way of entering data is via a computer program written specifically for this purpose, which enables members of the Slovenian Plant Gene Bank to enter data automatically into the central database via the Internet. The protocol for data entry has been written. Data are entered using a password assigned to each institution involved and a unique SRGB 20 accession number is assigned to the data set automatically. Other users will be able to browse through the read-only, publicly available, version of the central database (http://www.kis.si/srgb/) (Žitnik et al. 2000). At present multicrop passport descriptor information is available for 3099 accessions in the Central Plant Gene Bank Database (agricultural and forest plants combined). We are planning to add to the CPGB database a specialized database on medicinal and aromatic plants. This database, called MEDPLANT, is being developed at the Biotechnical Faculty at the University of Ljubljana, but unfortunately it is not a public database and its use will have to remain restricted. 20 SRGB = Slovenska Rastlinska Genska Banka (Slovenian Plant Gene Bank)
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