ANGELOS KYRATZIS AGRICUTURAL REASEARCH INSTITUTE CYPRUS
CWR DEVELOPMENT OF THE NATIONAL STRATEGY RECENT ADVANCES and FUTURE ACTIONS
CWR and Cyprus CWR Habitats Development of the National Strategy
J. Philips et al., 2014 Development of the National Strategy
• CWR checklist - CWR Catalogue for Europe and Mediterranean (Kell et al., 2005, Kell et al., 2008) = 1722 taxa • Harmonized with the online flora of Cyprus (Hand et al., 2012) • Prioritization: – Centre of domestication – CWR with economic importance to Cyprus and Europe (FAOSTAT., 2012) – CWR listed in Annex I of the ITPGRFA; – CWR selected by local experts and breeders; – CWR native to Cyprus • 178 taxa – 9% of the total Cypriot CWR Development of the National Strategy
• Passport data: – National Herbarium – Cypriot Forestry, Department Herbarium – Private herbarium – ARI Genebank – CLIMA Genebank – GBIF – GENESYS – GRIN – EURSISCO • Geo-referenced by Gazetteer for Cyprus (GEONAMES., 2012), Google earth and experts. • Decimal degrees to 4d.p. • 2848 presence points • DIVA GIS, Arc Map, Maxent
Development of the National Strategy
Development of the National Strategy Development of the National Strategy
Development of the National Strategy
Development of the National Strategy Development of the National Strategy Development of the National Strategy
• Plant breeders • Local experts of the flora of Cyprus • Competent authorities for in situ conservation – (Forest areas and NATURA2000 sites) • GIS experts from different institutions Development of the National Strategy Recent advances
• May 2009 – Surveying and collecting of avena CWR – ECPGR Avena working group • Andreas Katsiotis – Agricultural University of Athens • Gideon Ladizinsky – Hebrew University • 29 accessions • June 2011 – Surveying and collecting cereal, legume and fodder CWR – ICARDA • Ali Shehadeh, Josephine Piggin • 446 accessions
Recent advances
• May 2012 – Surveying cereal, legume and fodder CWR – University of Birmingham, ICARDA, Royal Botanical Gardens, KEW • Nigel Maxted, Jade Philips, Robert Styles • Lulu Rico • Ali Shehadeh – 371 Herbarium specimens
Recent advances
• July 2012 – Surveying and collecting cereal, legume and fodder CWR – ICARDA, Margot Forde Forage Germplasm Center (New Zealand), AgResearch (New Zealand). • Ali Shehadeh, Josephine Piggin • Zane Webber • Nick Ellison – 252 accessions • June– August 2012 – Development of CWR conservation strategy – University of Birmingham
Recent advances
• August 2014 και 2015 – Surveying and collecting vegetable CWR – Rijk Zwann • Zeger Van Herwijnen, Benoit Copin, Mitch Leijen • 691accessions • March 2014 October 2015 – Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change. Collecting, Protecting and Preparing CWR • Surveying and collecting cereal, legume, vegetable and fodder CWR • Global Crop Diversity Trust, Millennium Seed Bank, ICARDA – 477 accessions – Herbarium specimens
Recent advances
• 2011 -2013 – Ensuring the survival of endangered plants in the Mediterranean • 164 accessions – 14 accessions out of which 11 accessions from 11 taxa recorded without accessions • 2016-2018 – Conservation actions of threatened Mediterranean island flora: ex situ and in situ joint actions • 100 accessions of extremely endangered taxa (including cwr) • In situ conservation actions for at least 5 taxa – Allium marathsicum is already selected
Recent advances
• 1915 accessions – 173 taxa • 10% indigenous taxa • 400 herbarium specimens Aegilops peregrina – 85 taxa
Trifolium tomentosum Medicago praecox Medicago orbicularis Recent advances
Lathyrus hierosolymitanus Vicia narbonensis Recent advances
Genus No of accessions No of taxa No of voucher No of taxa Aegilops 127 6 43 4 Avena 64 6 22 2 Brachypodium 35 1 1 1 Bromus 0 0 10 2 Crithopsis 1 1 1 1 Dactylis 7 1 0 0 Elymus 3 1 0 0 Festuca 1 1 0 0 Hordeum 71 4 30 3 Lolium 14 2 0 0 Taeniatherum 15 1 1 1 Triticum 2 1 0 0 Total 340 25 108 14 Recent advances
Genus No of accessions No of taxa No of voucher No of taxa Astragalus 3 2 2 1 Coronilla 3 1 6 1 Hedysarum 4 1 1 1 Hippocrepis 7 1 4 1 Hymenocarpos 10 1 8 1 Lathyrus 80 11 28 7 Lens 16 3 5 3
Lotus 33 5 12 3 Medicago 213 21 41 16 Melilotus 20 3 8 3 Onobrychis 21 4 11 3 Ononis 4 1 0 0 Ornithopus 1 1 1 1
Pisum 15 2 1 1 Plantago 8 2 0 0
Scorpiurus 16 1 3 1
Securigera 1 1 0 0 Trifolium 270 28 68 16 Trigonella 1 1 3 2
Vicia 134 16 61 10 Total 860 106 263 71 Recent advances
Genus No of accessions No of taxa Allium 115 12 Apium 1 1 Beta 7 1 Chenopodium 1 1 Cichorium 9 2 Citrullus 3 1 Cynara 4 3 Daucus 132 7 Echinops 1 1 Eruca 4 1 Foeniculum 31 1 Lactuca 400 7 Sinapis 1 1 Solanum 2 2 Typha 1 1 Unknown 3 Total 718 42 Regeneration of legume species Regeneration of Avena diploid species Lens nigricans (Prodromos)
Photos by C. Nikiforou Future actions
• Establishment of in situ conservation sites – Recommendations for the implementation of the national strategy for biodiversity conservation • Progress by the end of the year – Good communication with environmental agencies – EU policies and legislation – Requests - Use • Amendment of the strategy taking into account the recent advances • Selective collections for filling caps – Close collaboration between different authorities • Regeneration, characterization and evaluation of the genetic material Thank you for your attention
Farmakas 2014 Collecting Lens nigricans and Lens ervoides