National Genebank, India
1. Status of Base Collection in Seed Genebank (-18oC)
(As on 31st August, 2024)
Crop/Crop Group | Present status of total acc. conserved |
Cereals | 177448 |
Paddy | 118393 |
Wheat | 36269 |
Maize | 11982 |
Others | 10804 |
Millets | 60484 |
Sorghum | 26378 |
Pearl Millet | 8428 |
Minor Millets | 25678 |
Forages | 7531 |
Oats | 1415 |
Clover | 623 |
Teff | 300 |
Marvel grass | 341 |
Others | 4852 |
Pseudocereals | 8265 |
Amaranth | 6503 |
Buckwheat | 1150 |
Others | 612 |
Legumes | 69146 |
Chickpea | 14878 |
Pigeonpea | 11977 |
Mung bean | 4477 |
Pea | 4708 |
Cowpea | 4050 |
French bean | 4251 |
Clusterbean | 4335 |
Horsegram | 3181 |
Ricebean | 2244 |
Other | 15045 |
Oilseeds | 63508 |
Groundnut | 13893 |
Oilseed brassica | 12470 |
Safflower | 7500 |
Sesame | 10518 |
Soybean | 5529 |
Sunflower | 2014 |
Others | 11584 |
Fibre | 17132 |
Cotton | 11153 |
Jute | 3530 |
Mesta | 2080 |
Others | 369 |
Vegetables | 29522 |
Tomato | 2892 |
Brinjal | 4828 |
Chilli | 5368 |
Okra | 4208 |
Onion | 1149 |
Others | 11077 |
Fruits & Nuts | 304 |
Buchanania | 97 |
Others | 207 |
Medicinal & Aromatic plants | 9535 |
Opium Poppy | 531 |
Ocimum | 841 |
Tobacco | 2289 |
Others | 5874 |
Ornamental | 746 |
Marigold | 375 |
Others | 371 |
Spices, Condiments and Flavour | 3714 |
Coriander | 1214 |
Fenugreek | 1475 |
Others | 1025 |
Agroforestry | 1712 |
Sesbania | 671 |
Others | 1041 |
Duplicate Safety Samples | 10235 |
Trial Material(Wheat, Barley) | 10771 |
Total | 470053* |
* Includes 4,21,323 accessions + 10,235 (ICARDA & ICRISAT collection) + 10,771 (trial material of wheat, barley) + 27,724 (Regenerated accessions)
2. Status of In Vitro Genebank (25oC) and Cryogenebank (-196oC)
(As on 14th September, 2024)
Crop Group | No. of Accessions |
In Vitro Genebank | |
Tropical Fruits | 449 |
Temperate and Minor Tropical Fruits | 408 |
Tuber Crops | 530 |
Bulbous and Ornamental Crops | 185 |
Medicinal and Aromatic Plants | 232 |
Spices and Industrial Crops | 232 |
TOTAL | 2,036 |
Cryogenebank | |
Recalcitrant and Intermediate Seeds | 7,987 |
Orthodox Seeds | 3,990 |
Dormant Buds | 389 |
Pollen | 673 |
TOTAL | 13,039 |
DNA | 2,194 |