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Major Holdings
PGRC has an international mandate to manage world-base collections of barleys and oats, and duplicate (back-up) world-base collections of pearl millet and oilseed/green manure crucifers.
PGRC's seed collection consists of about 110,000 accessions (samples) of seeds.
Seed Distribution
| Sample Distribution | |
| Barley | 38,000 |
| Oat | 28,000 |
| Wheat | 13,000 |
| Crucifer | 1,500 |
| Clonal | 3,000 |
| Vegetable | 3,000 |
| Pearl Millet | 3,500 |
| Forage | 4,000 |
| Other | 10,000 |
PGRC is part of a worldwide network of centres established in collaboration with the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute. New samples are acquired from this network of gene banks, from plant breeders, or are collected from the plant's natural habitat.
PGRC coordinates Canada's multi-nodal system. The
Nodes are responsible for
rejuvenation and evaluation of specific crops while PGRC is the main seed
repository.
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Date Modified: 2005 08 23
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