@article{article_332003, title={National Seed Genebank}, journal={ANADOLU Journal of Aegean Agricultural Research Institute}, volume={26}, pages={44–50}, year={2016}, author={Aykas, Lerzan and Taş, Necla and Adanacıoğlu, Neşe and Oğur, Erdinç and Özer, Umut}, keywords={Plant Genetic Resources,plant diversity,ex situ conservation,seed gene bank}, abstract={<p class="Default" style="text-align:justify;text-indent:35.4pt;"> <i> <span style="font-size:9pt;" lang="tr" xml:lang="tr"> </span> </i> <span class="shorttext"> <i> <span style="font-size:9pt;">In this article, National Seed Genebank
collections and activities are summarized. Biodiversity is literally the
diversity of life. Biodiversity supports human societies ecologically,
economically, culturally and spiritually. Plant genetic resources in food
systems provide the foundation of crop development and food security and
promote resistance and resilience to environmental stresses including pests and
diseases of crops. Loss of agricultural biodiversity can therefore threaten
health, livelihood sustainability and our future security of food and
nutrition. Despite their importance, ecosystems are being degraded and species
and genetic diversity reduced at a devastating rate due to the impact of
growing human population and increasing resource consumption rates. To protect
biological diversity <b>ex-situ </b> and <b>in-situ </b> protection activities are
conducted as programmes that complement each other. <b>Ex situ </b> conservation is the technique of conservation of all levels
of biological diversity outside their natural habitats through different
techniques like gene banks, botanical garden, seed banks, field gene banks,
etc. <b>Ex situ </b> conservation activities
have been carried out in our country since 1964. It is still on process within
the framework of the “National Program on Conservation of Plant Genetic
Resources/Diversity”. Today, about 59,000 materials over about 3,300 species
are kept in the National Gene Bank. The national collection contain the
landraces, local types, wild and weedy relatives, other wild species which are
especially economically important plant and endemic species. <span>  </span>The main users of the </span> </i> </span> <span class="shorttext"> <span style="font-size:9pt;" lang="tr" xml:lang="tr">national gene bank
collections </span> </span> <span class="shorttext"> <i> <span style="font-size:9pt;">are the plant
breeders and researchers. </span> </i> </span> <i> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" lang="tr" xml:lang="tr"> </span> </i> </p> <b> <i> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" lang="tr" xml:lang="tr"> </span> </i> </b> <i> <span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:’Times New Roman’, serif;" lang="tr" xml:lang="tr"> </span> </i> <p> <br /> </p>}, number={2}, publisher={Aegean Agricultural Research Institute}