TY - CHAP
T1 - Accession Management
T2 - Combining or splitting accessions as a tool to improve germplasm management efficiency
AU - Sackville Hamilton, N. Ruaraidh
AU - Engels, J. M. M.
AU - van Hintum, Th J. L.
AU - Koo, B.
AU - Smale, M.
N1 - Sackville Hamilton, N. R., Engels, J. M. M., van Hintum, Th. J. L., Koo, B., Smale, M. (eds) (2002). Accession Management: combining or splitting accessions as a tool to improve germplasm management efficiency. IPGRI Technical Bulletin No. 5, International Plant Genetic Resources Institute (IPGRI), Rome, ISBN:929043516X, 67pp
PY - 2002
Y1 - 2002
N2 - Production of this publication has been triggered by the following
observations:
(a) It is essential to document good accession management
practices that have developed in practical genebank situations,
as part of the process of establishing guidelines for
optimal genebank management.
(b) To date there has been no systematic treatment of issues
related to the genetic composition of genebank accessions.
(c) Genebank operations are becoming increasingly expensive,
not only because of ever increasing collection sizes but also
due to permanently rising labour and recurrent costs and
the introduction of high-cost molecular and information
technologies. This requires new approaches to optimize
genebank operations, for example to benefit from the gains
in productivity and performance now achievable through
the new technologies.
(d) There is a need to ensure that genebank management practices
are indeed optimal, based on appropriate scientific
and economic principles.
Rising costs, falling budgets, developing molecular and information
technologies, changing expectations are rapidly changing
conditions, which present new challenges and opportunities
that genebanks must face. To maximize the genetic and economic
efficiency of conserving and utilizing ex situ collections of
plant genetic resources, genebanks must develop innovative
approaches more suited to modern conditions and make use of
these opportunities.
This Technical Bulletin deals with one aspect of the broader
objective of helping to improve genebank management in response
to changing conditions. Specifically, it aims to encourage
discussion and consideration of the optimum genetic composition
of the unit of management that we call the accession: if it is
not optimal, should we split or combine accessions?
AB - Production of this publication has been triggered by the following
observations:
(a) It is essential to document good accession management
practices that have developed in practical genebank situations,
as part of the process of establishing guidelines for
optimal genebank management.
(b) To date there has been no systematic treatment of issues
related to the genetic composition of genebank accessions.
(c) Genebank operations are becoming increasingly expensive,
not only because of ever increasing collection sizes but also
due to permanently rising labour and recurrent costs and
the introduction of high-cost molecular and information
technologies. This requires new approaches to optimize
genebank operations, for example to benefit from the gains
in productivity and performance now achievable through
the new technologies.
(d) There is a need to ensure that genebank management practices
are indeed optimal, based on appropriate scientific
and economic principles.
Rising costs, falling budgets, developing molecular and information
technologies, changing expectations are rapidly changing
conditions, which present new challenges and opportunities
that genebanks must face. To maximize the genetic and economic
efficiency of conserving and utilizing ex situ collections of
plant genetic resources, genebanks must develop innovative
approaches more suited to modern conditions and make use of
these opportunities.
This Technical Bulletin deals with one aspect of the broader
objective of helping to improve genebank management in response
to changing conditions. Specifically, it aims to encourage
discussion and consideration of the optimum genetic composition
of the unit of management that we call the accession: if it is
not optimal, should we split or combine accessions?
M3 - Chapter
SN - 929043516X
SN - 978-9290435167
BT - Accession Management Trials of Genetic Resources Collections
PB - Alliance of Bioversity International and CIAT
ER -