Ex-Situ Conservation

1. Orthodox seeds

WHAT Whom HowAcquisition Small collections

Gap analysisTechnical Support needed

Representatives from national Genebanks of Egypt, Lebanon, Jordan, Iran…ICARDA? FAO?

3 joint collection missions : Sinai (food legumes), Lebanon (cereals landraces and wild relatives); Jordan..

Drying and storage

Limitation Lebanon (Storage) and Jordan (Drying)

External Support needed??

Acquire necessary equipment

Viability monitoring

Limited staff National lgenebanks Staff recruitment

regeneration Lebanon and jordan limited field supplies,

national Acquire field supplies and staff

Characterization Limited by staff; molecular characterization insufficient facilities

Acquire Staff and equiment

Evaluation Egypt: university student research mostly on this; Jordan, students are supplied by germplasm and conduct research independetly . Lebanon, limited;

Conducting pre-breeding activitesBetter collaboration with breedersChanneling of university students (encourage collaboration with universities)

documentation Data not reported back to genebank information systems

External support (ICARDA, Bioveristy)

Database absent (Lebanon); Means to enforce report back to Genebank

Distribution and exchange

- Legislation and regulation not developed

Safety duplicates Jordan and Egypt not duplicating collections;

Regulation to enforce safety duplications

Security and personel

Qualified Staff limited in Jordan and Lebanon

2. National Field genebank: Limited

3. In-vitro and cryopreservation: Limited