PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES NEWSLETTER

The Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter is published under the joint auspices of the Plant Production and Protection Division of FAO, Rome and the International Board for Plant Genetic Resources. It aims at providing up-to-date information of current activities and notes on crops, genetic resources centres, publications and meetings, but also reviews articles and papers on work which will be of broader, general interest to the whole genetic resources community.

The following articles which may be of interest to the readers of FGRI, have recently been published in the Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter:

Nbr 41 (1980), pp.3–18. “A new, more economic and accurate approach to monitoring the viability of accessions during storage in seed banks”, by Ellis, R.H.; Roberts, E.H.; and Whitehead, J.
Nbr 42 (1980), p.9. “Plant genetic resources data management”. Information note on implementation at the University of Birmingham (UK) of a new data base management system.
Nbr 43 (1980), pp.28–31. “Pollen preservation of fruit trees for genebanks in Japan”, by Omura, M. and Akihama, T.
Nbr 44 (1980), pp.2–11. “Medicinal plants and spices in Asia” by Chomchalow, N.

Table 1.

PLANNED AND COMPLETED PROVENANCE COLLECTIONS 1978–82 (FAO/IBPGR)

COUNTRY	SPECIES	OBSERVATIONS
Australia	Eucalyptus camaldulensis Dehnh. ¹	11 new provenances collected for project with special emphasis on arid zones.
	E. microtheca F. Nuell.¹	73 seedlots, grouped into 21 “provenance groups” for first-stage evaluation according to climatic conditions.
	Acacia aneura F. Muell. ex Benth.	5 provenances collected by early 1980
Chile	Acacia caven Mol.
	Atriplex repanda Phil.
	Prosopis tamarugo F. Philippi
	Prosopis spp. (“Algarrobo”)	May include several species, P. atacamensis, P. silicuastrum, P. chilensis, P. burkartii.
India	Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex Del.	ssp. indica/	var. vediana
			var. jaquamontii
			var. cupressiformis
	A. senegal (L.) Willd.	“Land Race”
	A. tortilis Hayne	“Land Race”; according to some sources may in fact be A. raddiana Savi.
	Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce (syn. P. spicigera L.)
Israel	Acacia albida Del.
	A. raddiana Savi (syn. A. tortilis (Forsk) Hayne ssp. raddiana (Savi) Brenan)
	A. tortilis Hayne (syn. A. tortilis (Forsk) Hayne ssp. tortilis (Hayne) Brenan)
Mexico	Atriplex canescens
	Prosopis spp. (“Mezquite”)	May include several species, P. juliflora; P. glandulosa, P. alba, P. torreyana.
Peru	Prosopis spp. (“Algarrobo”)	May include several species, P. chilensis, P. limensis, P. juliflora.
Senegal	Acacia albida Del. var. adansonii
	A. nilotica (L.) Willd. ex. Del.
	A. raddiana Savi
	A. senegal (L.) Willd.
	A. tortilis Hayne
Sudan	Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex. Del.	ssp. nilotica
		ssp. tomentosa
		ssp. astringens
	Acacia tertilis
PDR Yemen	Prosopis cineraria (L.) Druce
	Acacia nilotica (L.) Willd. ex. Del.	“Land Race”
	A. senegal (L.) Willd.
	A. tortilis Hayne

¹ Collections completed and distributed for evaluation.