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Collection of New Poa Genetic Diversity Collection of new Poa genetic diversity Evelin WILLNER & Magdalena SEVCIKOVA IPK Gene Bank External Branch North, Malchow, Germany OSEVA PRO Ltd ., Grassland Research Station, ZbriZubri, Cz ech Rep u blic Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006 The EPDB – contents and applications European Poa database (()EPDB) http://poa.ipk-gatersleben.de Search for IPK Collection information Poa ex ploration Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006 European Poa Database Search form of the European Poa Database: select single field (first step) Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006 Search form of the European Poa Database: select single field (second step) European Poa Database Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006 European Poa Database Search form of the European Poa Database: select single field (third step) Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006 Collection of new Poa genetic diversity Project Title: Plant Exploration in Central Europe to Collect Poa Species for Crop Improvement Participants: Dr. Richard C. Johnson, USDA-ARS/Department of Crop and Soil Sciences, Washington State University Organizer Dr. David Huff, Associate Professor of Turfgrass Genetics, Department of Crop and SSSoil Sciences, Pennsylvania State University Collector Magdalena Sevcikova, Curator of National Czech Collections of Grasses, OSEVA PRO Ltd., Grassland Research Station Collector Evelin Willner, Curator of Oil and Fodder Crops IPK-Genebank, External Branch North Collector Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006 Collection of new Poa genetic diversity Collection route: CZEPOA-06 Collecting sites (25) in the Czech Republic (21.-26.06.2006) Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006 Summary of collected samples – Bohemian Forest and South Moravian area 2006 Species No. of seed samples Poa pratensis 14 Poa annua 10 Poa angustifolia 6 Poa supina 4 Poa subcaerulea 3 Poa compressa 2 Poa badensis 1 Poa trivialis 1 Poa chaixii 1 Poa sp.1 Other (FES, PHL, AGR…) 9 total 52 Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006 Collection of new Poa genetic diversity Collection route: DEUPOA-06 Collecting sites (97) in Germany (26.06.-07.07.2006) Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006 European Plant Collection mission for Poa species Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006 Summary of collected samples - Bayerischer Wald 2006 Species No. of seed samples No. of clonal samples Poa pratensis 37 35 including 6 P. subcearulea Poa annua annua 17 4 Poa annua mutabilis 35 12 Poa supina 31 39 Poa angustifolia 19 4 Poa nemoralis 12 10 Poa alpina 9 Poa trivialis 8 Poa compressa 42 Poa chaixii 1 Poa sp.97including P. palustris, P. balfouri Other (FES, DAC, LOL, PHL, AGR) 10 3 total 192 116 Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006 Collection of new Poa genetic diversity Poa supina Poa subcearulea Poa annua mutabilis Poa angustifolia Poa annua annua Poa annua mutabilis Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006 Collection of new Poa genetic diversity Poa compressa Poa palustris Poa palustris/balfouri Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006 The EPDB – contents and applications European Poa database (()EPDB) http://poa.ipk-gatersleben.de Search for IPK Collection information Poa ex ploration Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006 Evelin Willner - ”Collection of new genetic diversity of the genus Poa and documentation…” – IPK-Institutstag 2006, 10.10.2006.
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