IRAN 1
INSTITUTION NAME AND MAIN ADDRESS
COUNTRY Iran
INSTITUTION NAME “National Plant Gene Bank of Iran” (NPGB)
MAIN ADDRESS Mahdasht Road, Karaj, 31359-33151 (Iran)
DESCRIPTION
AREA No information available
LATITUDE 35,78 º N
LONGITUDE 50,83 º E
ALTITUDE 1271 m
INFORMATION ABOUT THE INSTITUTION
STATUS State
INSTITUTION TYPE Genebank
DATE FOUNDED 1983
SPECIAL COLLECTIONS Collections of agricultural crop species: wheat, barley, rice, chickpea, lentil, bean, forages, cucurbits and vegetables in general, root crops, industrial crops, fruit trees such as pomegranate or grape, citrus in general, almond, date palm, pistachio, etc…
TAXA 155 species conserved
PROGRAMMES • Research Programs
• Identification and Conservation Programs
• Exchange Programs
FEATURES AND FACILITIES • Seven cold storage rooms with capacity for 7,000 samples. Five of them are at -15 ° C and -20 ° C and two at 0° C and -5 ° C
• Laboratories
MAIN DEFICIENCIES No information available
OTHER INFORMATION It cooperates with genebanks in other countries maintaining and exchanging genetic material, and with all institutions that work with ex-situ conservation in Iran
SOURCES CONSULTED Documents:

“Islamic Republic of Iran. Country Report to the FAO”. International Technical Conference on Plant Genetic Resource (Leipzig, 1996). Prepared by: M. Taeb. Department of Genetics and Genetic Resources, Tehran

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