Projects & Networks
A full list of the projects involving the seed bank is reported on the IBBR project page (http://ibbr.cnr.it/ibbr/projects).
Research products
- Over 500 international and national scientific publications;
- Approximately 20 projects on PGR;
- Selection of specific genotypes later patented;
- Royalties from foreign and national companies for the exploitations of patented varieties;
- Valorization of some worthy landraces (e.g., “melanzana rossa del Pollino”) also obtaining PDO and PGI EU marks;
- National and international training on PGR.
Participation in 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 - International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
https://glis.fao.org/glis/ - DiSSCo - Distributed System of Scientific Collection
https://www.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/
Contact persons
- Dr. Raffaella Balestrini (CNR-IBBR) - raffaellamaria.balestrini@cnr.it
- Dr. Domenico De Paola (CNR-IBBR) - domenico.depaola@cnr.it
- Dr. Francesca Taranto (CNR-IBBR) - francesca.taranto@cnr.it
