The Mediterranean Germplasm Database (MGD) is the reference database for the agro-food plant germplasm collection (the Mediterranean Germplasm Genebank - MGG) held at the Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) of the Italian National Research Council (CNR) in Bari, Italy.
The Mediterraneam Germplasm Genebank participates in the following international networks and initiatives:
- ECPGR - European Cooperative Programme for Plant Genetic Resources
https://www.ecpgr.org/ - EURISCO - Finding seeds for the future
https://eurisco.ipk-gatersleben.de/apex/eurisco/ - Genesys PGR - World’s largest portal to information on crop diversity conserved in genebanks
https://www.genesys-pgr.org/a/overview/v2mKLgPag6l - GLIS/FAO - Global Information System on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
https://glis.fao.org/glis/ - DiSSCo - Distributed System of Scientific Collection
https://disscover.dissco.eu/ - GBIF/GRSciColl (Global Biodiversity Information Facilities / Global Registry of Scientific Collections)
https://scientific-collections.gbif.org/collection/15ae67ae-82f3-449a-9e78-c336989b8f90/dashboard - The Svalbard Global Seed Vault
https://www.seedvault.no/2023/10/03/securing-the-foundation-of-our-food-supply-at-18-celsius/
