European Dactylis and Festuca Databases, 2010

Bartosz Tomaszewski1, Włodzimierz Majtkowski1, Grzegorz Żurek2 Plant Breeding & Acclimatization Institute, 1 National Centre for Plant Genetic Resources, Botanical Garden, Bydgoszcz, POLAND, 2Departament of Grasses, Legumes & Energy Plants, Radzików, POLAND

After the last meeting of the Forages Working Group in Piestany/Slovakia (2007) 1068 new accessions were added to both databases. The European Dactylis Database contain now passport data for 12183 accessions and the European Festuca Databases contain 13141 accessions, belonging to 24 holding institutes. Now there are 25324 records in both databases (Table 1, 2, 3).

Table 1. The changes in databases since the last report

No. of records Databases last update added current status Festuca 12484 657 13141 Dactylis 11772 411 12183 Total 24256 1068 25324

Table 2. Genus Dactylis database status by data donor

Sample status (according to MPDL) INSTCODE Total 100 110 120 200 300 400 410 500 999 (empty) AUT060 5 5 7 17 BGR001 143 5 9 241 10 3 31 85 527 CHE001 11 11 CZE082 2 12 116 130 DEU271 1035 9 270 49 261 254 1878 ESP009 4 333 337 ESP119 22 1 23 FRA051 189 190 77 456 GBR004 7 58 65 GBR016 642 115 23 176 124 14 65 1159 LTU001 20 17 11 34 82 LVA009 10 3 1 14 LVA0007 20 8 28 MKD001 2 1 3 NLD037 28 3 1 32 POL003 1 28 29 POL022 136 6014 117 6267 PRT084 1 136 1 6 144 ROM003 17 5 27 49 ROM007 19 25 3 47 SVK012 208 37 2 89 336 SVN019 27 1 28 SWE002 279 21 3 37 1 341 TUR001 180 180 SUM 2501 7242 181 270 312 110 182 966 15 404 12183 % 20,5 59,4 1,5 2,2 2,6 0,9 1,5 7,9 0,1 3,3 100,0

Table 3. Genus Festuca database status by data donor

Sample status (according to MPDL) INSTCODE Total 100 110 120 200 300 400 410 500 999 (empty) AUT060 27 34 61 BEL014 28 1 29 BEL087 81 81 BGR001 107 1 23 2 15 31 14 98 291 CHE001 37 37 CZE079 3 3 CZE082 2 1 8 308 319 DEU271 474 20 300 3 82 455 572 1906 ESP119 22 22 FRA051 54 116 164 334 GBR004 75 3 78 GBR016 863 126 68 101 98 92 194 1542 LTU001 124 86 5 3 71 31 65 385 LVA0007 308 15 323 MKD001 2 26 1 1 1 31 NLD037 1 31 32 POL003 106 134 240 POL022 10 4651 141 178 4980 ROM003 1 320 6 87 414 ROM007 35 38 2 13 88 SVK012 918 99 4 158 14 1193 SVN019 1 2 3 SWE002 553 27 6 113 16 715 TUR001 28 28 SUM 2216 6471 253 301 140 420 187 1806 477 864 13135 % 16,9 49,3 1,9 2,3 1,1 3,2 1,4 13,7 3,6 6,6 100,0

Sample status codes: 100 wild 110 wild, natural 120 wild, semi-natural / wild 200 weedy 300 traditional cultivar / landrace 400 breeding / research material 410 breeder's lines 500 advanced cultivars 999 other (elaborate in remarks)

The European Festuca Databases contain nearly 100 species (Table 4), however only 4 species (F. pratensis, F. arundinacea, F. rubra, F. ovina) account more than 97% of all records. The European Dactylis Databases consist of only 3 species (D. glomerata, D. marina and D. polygama) with D. glomerata accounting for 99,7%.

Table 4. Species currently recorded in the European Festuca Databases

No. of No. of No. Species No. Species accessions accessions 1 Festuca airoides 2 64 Festuca laevigata 2 2 Festuca alpina 3 65 Festuca lambinonii 2 3 Festuca altissima 9 66 Festuca lemanii 3 4 Festuca amethystina 3 67 Festuca liviensis 1 5 Festuca ampla 5 68 Festuca longifolia 24 6 Festuca armoricana 3 69 Festuca magellanica 1 7 Festuca arundinacea 2474 70 Festuca mairei 7 8 Festuca arvernensis 6 71 Festuca mathewsii 2 9 Festuca auquieri 1 72 Festuca nigrescens 67 10 Festuca balcanica 1 73 Festuca niphobia 2 11 Festuca beckeri 1 74 Festuca nipocola (?) 1 12 Festuca boissieri 1 75 Festuca norica 1 13 Festuca borderi 1 76 Festuca occitanica 3 14 Festuca bosniaca 1 77 Festuca ophioliticola 1 15 Festuca breistrofferi 1 78 Festuca ovina 291 16 Festuca brevipila 5 79 Festuca pallens 8 17 Festuca brigantina 1 80 Festuca paniculata 1 18 Festuca burgundiana 1 81 Festuca patrae ? 2 19 Festuca caerulescens 1 82 Festuca picturata 1 20 Festuca capillata 17 83 Festuca polesica 6 21 Festuca caprina 4 84 Festuca pratensis 7525 22 Festuca carpatica 2 85 Festuca psammophila 2 23 Festuca cf. caprina ? 1 86 Festuca pseudeskia 1 24 Festuca christiani-bernardii 2 87 Festuca pseudodalmatica 2 25 Festuca cinerea 13 88 Festuca pseudodura 4 Festuca 26 circummediterranea 3 89 Festuca pseudotrichophylla 1 27 Festuca costei 2 90 Festuca pseudotrichphylla ? 1 28 Festuca cretacea 1 91 Festuca pseudovina 10 29 Festuca curvula 2 92 Festuca pulchella 1 30 Festuca dalmatica 2 93 Festuca pumila 1 31 Festuca dimorpha 1 94 Festuca punctoria 2 32 Festuca dolichophylla 1 95 Festuca robustifolia 1 33 Festuca drymeja 12 96 Festuca rubi ? 1 34 Festuca durandii 1 97 Festuca rubra 2022 35 Festuca duriotagana 1 98 Festuca rupicaprina 2 36 Festuca durissima 3 99 Festuca rupicola 21 37 Festuca duriuscula 26 100 Festuca rusca ? 1 38 Festuca duvalii 2 101 Festuca sabulosa 1 39 Festuca elatior 9 102 Festuca scariosa 7 40 Festuca elegans 1 103 Festuca scirpifolia 1 41 Festuca eskia 1 104 Festuca sclerophylla 1 42 Festuca extremadura 1 105 Festuca semilusitanica 1 43 Festuca extremorientalis 1 106 Festuca sibirica 3 44 Festuca fallax 1 107 Festuca skvortsovii 1 45 Festuca filiformis 1 108 Festuca sp. 58 46 Festuca flavescens 1 109 Festuca spectabilis 2 47 Festuca gaetula 2 110 Festuca stricta 4 48 Festuca gamisansii 2 111 Festuca supina 2 49 Festuca gautieri 4 112 Festuca sylvatica 2 50 Festuca gigantea 217 113 Festuca tatrae 4 51 Festuca glauca 12 114 Festuca tenuifolia 25 52 Festuca gracilior 1 115 Festuca trachyphylla 14 53 Festuca guestfalica 1 116 Festuca trichophylla 25 54 Festuca halleri 1 117 Festuca tuberculosa 1 55 Festuca henriquesi 1 118 Festuca tuberulosa ? 1 56 Festuca hervierii 2 119 Festuca vaginata 5 57 Festuca heterophylla 18 120 Festuca valesiaca 29 58 Festuca huonii 3 121 Festuca varia 5 59 Festuca indigesta 4 122 Festuca vasconcensis 3 60 Festuca jampetii 1 123 Festuca violacea 1 61 Festuca juncifolia 1 124 Festuca wagneri 2 62 Festuca kirilovii 1 125 Festuca yvesii 4 63 Festuca koritnicensis 1 126 Festuca ? 5 Total no. of accessions = 13135