NATIONAL INVENTORIES A number of European countries have established national PGR inventories and are available on the web. The national inventories and can be consulted here: Austria The National Inventory of plant genetic resources in Austria consists of information on 5,710 accessions, representing about 247 species, maintained in 4 institutes. An estimated 5% of the inventory consists of wild crop relatives. The material is generally freely available on exchange basis for scientific purposes. Contacts Mr Wolfgang Kainz Austrian Agency for Health and Foodsafety Ltd Federal Office of Foodsafety - Agrobiology Linz Wieningerstrasse 8 4021, Linz Austria Tel: (43-732) 381261/271 Fax: (43-732) 385482 Email: kainz@agrobio.bmlf.gv.at Bulgaria The National Inventory of plant genetic resources in Bulgaria consists of information on 88,317 accessions, representing about 1,348 species, maintained in 23 institutes. An estimated 25% of the accessions of the national inventory consists of wild crop relatives. At present, 20,100 records for accessions under long-term storage conditions are available on the web (about 20% of considered national inventory). Contacts Ms Siyka Stoyanova Institute for Plant Genetic Resources "K.Malkov" 4122, Sadovo, Plovdiv district Bulgaria Tel: (359-32) 629026 Email: s_stoyanova@gbg.bg Czech Republic The National Inventory of plant genetic resources of the Czech Republic consists of information on 50,355 accessions, representing about 1,230 species, maintained in 11 institutes. An estimated 1% of the accessions are wild crop relatives. Contacts Ms Iva Faberová Genebank Department RICP Research Institute for Crop Production Drnovska 507 161 06, Praha 6 - Ruzyne Czech Republic Tel: (420-2)33022478 Fax: (420-2)33022286(genebank)/ 33310636(institute) Email: faberova@vurv.cz Estonia The National Inventory of plant genetic resources in Estonia consists of information on 1,500 accessions, representing about 40 species, maintained in 6 institutes. At present, 653 records for accessions under long-term storage conditions are available on the web. Contacts Mr Vahur Kukk Jogeva Plant Breeding Institute 48309, Jõgeva Estonia Tel: (372 77) 66915 (GSM 372-5058224) Fax: (372-77) 60126 Email: Vahur.Kukk@jpbi.ee France The National Inventory of plant genetic resources of France consists of information on about 60,000 accessions, representing about 168 species, maintained by 26 networks. An estimated 5% of the accessions are wild crop relatives. Contacts Ms Véronique Jamilloux Bureau des Ressources Génétiques (BRG) BRG (BRG) 16 rue Claude Bernard 75231, Paris Cedex 05 France Tel: (33-1)44087264 Fax: (33-1)44087263 Email: jamillou@inapg.inra.fr Germany The online database of plant genetic resources in Germany (PGRDEU) is the national inventory on PGRFA and contains information about the ex situ collections of the most important German genebanks (IPK and BAZ) and other national ex situ collections. The inventory comprises passport data for approximatly 160,000 accession of more than 1,800 species in 53 holding institutions. The information on the web site is updated at least once every year. Contacts Mr Frank Begemann ZADI/IBV Information Center for Biological Diversity Villichgasse 17 53177, Bonn Germany Tel: (49-228) 9548202 Fax: (49-228) 9548149/220 Email: begemann@zadi.de Lithuania The National Inventory of plant genetic resources of Lithuania consists of information on 3,500 accessions, representing about 45 species, maintained in 7 institutes. An estimated 10% of the accessions are wild crop relatives. Contacts Ms Ausra Lazauskiene Lithuanian Institute of Agriculture Akademija 5051, Kedainiai distr. Lithuania Tel: (370-57) 37789 Fax: (370-57) 37096 Email: ausra@lzi.lt The Netherlands The National Inventory of The Netherlands currently consists the publicly accessible information of the Centre for Genetic Resources, The Netherlands (CGN). This organisation is the central Dutch genebank and maintaines about 25,000 accessions of 20 agricultural and horticultural crops. All material maintained by the CGN is freely available to bona fide users. The information on the web site is updated at least once every two months. Contacts Mr Theo J L van Hintum Centre for Genetic Resources The Netherlands (CGN) PO Box 16 67001 AA, Wageningen The Netherlands Tel: (31-317) 477078 Fax: (31-317) 418094 Email: Th.J.L.vanHintum@plant.wag-ur.nl Nordic Countries - Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway, Sweden The National Inventory of plant genetic resources of the 5 Nordic Countries consists of information on 30,000 accessions, representing about 221 species, maintained at the Nordic Gene Bank on behalf of the Nordic Countries. An estimated 5% of the accessions are wild crop relatives. Contacts Mr Dag Terje Endresen Nordic Gene Bank PO Box 41 230 53, Alnarp, Sweden Tel: (46) 40 53 66 54 Fax: (46) 40 53 66 50 Email: dagterje@ngb.se Poland The National Inventory of plant genetic resources of Poland consists of information on about 60,000 accessions, representing about 286 species, maintained at in 14 institutes. About 14,000 accessions are maintained in the 21 botanic gardens in Poland. An estimated 5% of the accessions are wild crop relatives (30% for the grasses collections). Contacts Mr Wieslaw Podyma Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institute (IHAR) 05870, Blonie, Radzikow near Warsaw Poland Tel: (48-22) 7252611 ext. 278 Fax: (48-22) 7254715/14 Email: w.podyma@ihar.edu.pl Russian Federation The National Inventory of plant genetic resources of the Russian Federation consists of information on about 320,000 accessions, representing about 2,532 species, maintained at the N.I.Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry. An estimated 1% of the accessions are wild crop relatives. Contacts Mr Andrew Y. Omelchenko N.I. Vavilov Research Institute of Plant Industry (VIR) 42, Bolshaya Morskaya str. 190000, St. Petersburg Russian Federation Tel: (7-812) 3116117 Fax: (7-812) 3118762 Email: a.omelchenko@vir.nw.ru Slovenia The National Inventory of plant genetic resources of Slovenia consists of information on about 3,100 accessions, representing about 40 species, maintained in 3 institutes. An estimated 30% of the accessions are wild crop relatives. Contacts Mr Vladimir Meglic Crop and Seed Production Department Kmetijski Ins(titut Slovenije Hacquetova 17 1000, Ljubljana Slovenia Tel: (386)(1)280 51 80 or (386)(1)280 52 62 Fax: (386)(1)280 52 55 Email: vladimir.meglic@kis-h2.si Spain The National Inventory of plant genetic resources of Spain consists of information on 58,933 accessions, representing about 3,377 species, maintained in 25 institutes. An estimated 14% of the accessions are wild crop relatives. Contacts Mr Federico Varela Centre de Recursos Fitogeneticos INIA Apdo. 1045 28800, Alcalá de Henares Spain Tel: (34-91) 8819286 Fax: (34-91) 8819287 Email: varela@inia.es