Safeguarding banana diversity at the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre

The Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) is home to the world’s largest collection of banana diversity. Its mission? To contribute to the secure long-term conservation of the entire banana genepool and hold the collection in trust for the benefit of current and future genera...

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Main Author: Bioversity International
Format: Brief
Language:Inglés
Published: Bioversity International 2017
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78755
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description The Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) is home to the world’s largest collection of banana diversity. Its mission? To contribute to the secure long-term conservation of the entire banana genepool and hold the collection in trust for the benefit of current and future generations under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. Founded in 1985, the ITC is managed by Bioversity International and hosted at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. The collection contains more than 1,500 accessions of edible and wild species of banana, and the collection continues to grow as new specimens are collected in the crop’s centres of diversity in South-east Asia, and East and West Africa.
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spelling CGSpace787552025-11-05T07:13:14Z Safeguarding banana diversity at the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre Bioversity International musa germplasm conservation plant genetic resources seed banks international organizations The Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre (ITC) is home to the world’s largest collection of banana diversity. Its mission? To contribute to the secure long-term conservation of the entire banana genepool and hold the collection in trust for the benefit of current and future generations under the auspices of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN. Founded in 1985, the ITC is managed by Bioversity International and hosted at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium. The collection contains more than 1,500 accessions of edible and wild species of banana, and the collection continues to grow as new specimens are collected in the crop’s centres of diversity in South-east Asia, and East and West Africa. 2017 2017-01-13T13:01:41Z 2017-01-13T13:01:41Z Brief https://hdl.handle.net/10568/78755 en Open Access application/pdf Bioversity International Bioversity International (2017) Safeguarding banana diversity at the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre. Rome (Italy): Bioversity International. 4 p.
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Safeguarding banana diversity at the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre
title Safeguarding banana diversity at the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre
title_full Safeguarding banana diversity at the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre
title_fullStr Safeguarding banana diversity at the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre
title_full_unstemmed Safeguarding banana diversity at the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre
title_short Safeguarding banana diversity at the Bioversity International Musa Germplasm Transit Centre
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topic musa
germplasm conservation
plant genetic resources
seed banks
international organizations
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