The report of National Bioresource Project-Wheat II. Seed resources, 2008
Taihachi Kawahara1, Takashi R. Endo2, Tomohiro Ban3,Masahiro Kishii3, Tsuneo Sasanuma3,4
1 Laboratory of Crop Evolution, Plant Germ-plasm Institute, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Mozume, Muko 617-0001, Japan
2 Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitasirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan
3 Division of Evolutionary Genetics, Kihara Institute for Biological research, Yokohama City University, Maioka, Totuka-ku, Yokohama 244-0813, Japan
4 Present address: Faculty of Agriculture, Yamagata University, Wakaba, Tsuruoka 997-8555, Japan
Corresponding author: Taihachi Kawahara
E-mail: kawatai@mbox.kudpc.kyoto-u.ac.jp
Maintenance of seed resources: Regeneration of total of 1,218 strains was finished early in summer 2008. Two hundred and ninety-seven landraces of bread wheat were grown in Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University (KIBR) and 921 strains consisting of several wild species and landraces were grown in Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University. In autumn 2008, 1,502 strains were sown, 419 at KIBR and 1,083 at Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University.
Distribution of seed resources: Total of 1,922 strains have been distributed to various researchers and institutions throuout the world (Table 1).