Propagation and regeneration

Propagation and regeneration in NordGen

The mission of nordGen is to secure genetic resources of plants, farm animals and forest trees of Nordic origin relevant to food and agriculture. Forest trees are generally conserved in their natural environment - in situ. Farm animals are conserved through sustainable breeding programmes and plants are conserved ex situ by storing seeds or maintaining vegetatively propagated material in clonal archives.

In the Nordic gene bank nearly 25 000 seed accessions are stored and the material is used both for research and breeding purposes. A selection of the seeds are also delivered to the public who are interested in old varieties or have a cultural-historical interest. In this way a sustainable use of plant genetic resources is supported.

In order to ensure a healthy material, some of the seed accessions need to be regenerated due to low germination capacity and also because the number of seeds in storage is low.

Read more about regeneration in NordGen Plants >>

In spring 2010 NordGen inaugurated the new greenhouse in Alnarp to ensure the long needed expansion for regeneration capacity.

photo: J.Nordling, S.Solberg, S.Jeppson

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