Advances in conservation and procurement of selected material by the National Germplasm Bank of Prosopis, Córdoba, Argentina

Abstract

The objective of this review is to present the advances in conservation and procurement of selected material by the National Germplasm Bank of Prosopis (BNGP). The BNGP has 1,650 accessions in the Base Bank corresponding to 1,106 trees of 9 tree species of Prosopis and 8 populations of P. alba that are under study to become Seed Producing Areas (APS) or Seed Stands (RS). With the information from the BNGP data bank since 1986 and the contribution of investigations, 6 RS were created in the process of registration as RS, 14 registered APS, 17 new APS in the Espinal region still under study and 3 in the south-west of Cordoba in the registration process. The APS and RS achieved, registered in INASE, are constituted in base material for obtaining seeds of the categories “Identifi ed source” and “Selected”, respectively, available to supply the afforestation needs.