Welcome to the Second meeting of the ECPGR Activity SafeAlliDiv, Olomouc, Czech Republic, 17.-18.4.2018 News from Working Group (AWG)

August 2017 The Allium Working Group agreed on their crop-specific standards for in vitro culture and cryopreservation It is on http://www.ecpgr.cgiar.org/aegis/aquas-quality-management-system- for-aegis/genebank-standards/agreed-standards/

Information about members AWG Marta Olas from Poland terminated her employment contract in the Research Institute of Horticulture in Skiernewice. Dr Mariusz Chojnowski will work with Allium germplasm. Annual progress

Tasks of the 1st meeting of project (SafeAlliDiv) and their fulfillment

1. Ask Vera Shumilina from Russia about samples of from the Baltic region – I and Dainis asked her. Negotiation is going in a positive direction 2. Send the information about meeting of ECPGR Networking, in Ljubljana, Slovenia. I sent this to all members of AWG on 30.11.2017

3. Send the list of Finnish, Norwegian and Croatian accessions in the Czech collection to Finland, Norway and Croatia I sent it on 17 July 2017 4.To send summary of questionnaires from partners project I sent it to all on 19 September 2017

table with the summary of questionnaires of project partners

Latvia

Estonia

Croatia

Sweden

Finland

Norway Lithuania

Genetic resources Czech RepublicCzech number of accessions (acc.) total (Alliun sativumL). 52 628 1 5 67 68 3 824 25 132 7 25 41 12 20 29 291 potato (Allium cepa L. Aggregatum group) onion (A. cepaL.) 9 28 0 0 1 51 226 3 33 351 (A.ampeloprasum L.) 9 0 0 0 4 99 1 0 113 (A. schoenoprasum L.) 4 0 15 0 6 24 7 71 127 bunching onion (A. fistulosum L.) 16 0 0 0 4 42 7 2 71 ramsons (A. ursinum) 1 1 alpine leek (A. victorialis) 4 4 Other species 37 37

Private collection with high number of 260 260 Allium species Total 2079 5. To send the modified questionnaire to all members of AWG.

I sent it in three terms: 12.9. 2017, 2.3. 2018, 3.4. 2018

Spain France

Genetic resources Poland

Romania

Denmark

Macedonia

Bosnia and and Bosnia

Herzegnovia

Portugal Russia Belgium Germany Bulgaria Total number of accessions (acc.) Slovenia garlic (Alliun sativumL). 72 453 24 118 570 43 290 440 465 2475 (Allium cepa L. Aggregatum group) 10 7 9 318 256 29 5 32 112 778 onion (A. cepaL.) 55 635 5 396 40 68 215 1290 296 176 3176 leek (A.ampeloprasum L.) 2 148 31 14 3 442 250 77 47 1014 chives (A. schoenoprasum - L.) 3 45 71 6 125 bunching onion (A. fistulosum - L.) 1 200 83 19 303 ramsons (A. ursinum) alpine leek (A. victorialis) ball head onion, round-headed leek, round-headed garlic(Allium sphaerocephalon L.) 1 1 mouse garlic (Allium angulosum L.) 1 3 4 A.altaicum Pall. 11 11 sibirian chives A. nutans L. 25 25 garlic chives A.tuberosum Rotter. et.Sprend 20 20 A.proliferum Schrad. 11 7 18 Private collection with high number of Allium species Other species 39 100 15 21 2757 43 2975 Summa 10 905

Total table of accessions of AWG Total

Genetic resources

number of accessions (acc.)

Croatia Czech Republic Estonia Finland Latvia Lithuania Netherlands Norway Sweden Romania Spain and Bosnia Herzegnovia France Poland Denmark Macedonia Slovenia Portugal Russia Belgium Germany Bulgaria 52 628 1 5 67 68 3 garlic (Alliun sativumL). 72 453 24 118 570 43 290 440 465 3299 25 132 7 25 41 12 20 29 potato onion (Allium cepa L. Aggregatum group) 10 7 9 318 256 29 5 32 112 1069 129 9 28 0 1 51 226 3 33 onion (A. cepaL.) 55 635 5 396 40 68 215 0 296 176 3527 9 0 4 99 1 0 leek (A.ampeloprasum L.) 2 148 31 14 3 442 250 77 47 1127 4 15 6 24 7 71 chives (A. schoenoprasum L.) - 3 45 71 6 252 16 4 42 7 2 bunching onion (A. fistulosum L.) - 1 200 83 19 374 1 ramsons (A. ursinum) 1 4 alpine leek (A. victorialis) 4 ball head onion, round-headed leek, round-headed garlic(Allium sphaerocephalon L.) 1 1 mouse garlic (Allium angulosum L.) 1 3 4 A.altaicum Pall. 11 11 sibirian chives A. nutans L. 25 25 garlic chives A.tuberosum Rotter. et.Sprend 20 20 tree onion A.proliferum Schrad. 11 7 18 260 Private collection with high number of Allium species 260 Other species 39 100 15 21 275 43 37 3012 7 Summa 13 004 6.Discussion between Matti (Sweden), Terhi (Finland) and Dainis (Latvia) about tools for DNA analysis After discussion Dainis found optimal tools for DNA analysis

number of samples for number of samples Country DNA analysis Institute DNA extracted Croatia 25 Institute of Agriculture and Toursim 25 Czech 129 Republic Crop Research Institute 129 Estonia 4 Estonian Crop Research Institute (ECRI) 22 Finland 28 Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke), 24 Horticulture, Latvia 39 Pure Horticultural Research Centre Abavas iela 38 2, Pure, Tukuma nov. LV-3124 Latvia Lithuania 12 Institute of Horticulture, LRCAF, Kaunas st. 30, 12 Babtai LT54333, Lithuania Norway 21 NIBIO – Norwegian Institute of Bioeconomy 23 Research, NIBIO Landvik, Reddalsveien 215, N- 4886 Grimstad Sweden Nordiska museet, Swedish Museum of Agriculture, 9 SE-643 98 Julita, Sweden Summa 258 282 7.Send the Descriptors for Allium (Allium spp.) IPGRI ECP/GR, AVRDC 2001

All projects partner got the Descriptors for Allium (Allium spp.) IPGRI ECP/GR, AVRDC 2001 as in electronic as hard cover version. I sent electronic version on 18th July 2017, Lorenzo sent hard cover version August electronic version is on http://www.ecpgr.cgiar.org/working- groups/allium/allium-working-group-documents-and-publications-of- interest/ too