Computerized System of Data Organization at the Philippine Plant Germplasm Repository

Abstract

The National Plant Genetic Resources Laboratory (NPGRL) serves as the national repository of important and potentially useful agricultural crops, including the wild and weedy relatives in the Philippines. NPGRL is committed to conserving for national posterity the endemic and introduced plant genetic resources (PGR) to provide a broad genetic base for crop improvement by the Institute of Plant Breeding (IPB) plus national and international programs, as well as to coordinate with national efforts in the conservation and management of PGR. NPGRL practices ex situ approach in the conservation of seeds and live plants of different PGR. PGR conservation and management entails acquisition, characterization, conservation and management, regeneration, documentation, and distribution.