Preservation of land-races of cultivated plants in Czechoslovakia

Abstract

At present, the collection of cultivated plants comprises in Czechoslovakia 40883 cultivars of field, vegetables and fruits, vine grape and ornamental plants. The collection has been located in the Research Institute of Crop Production, Praha-Ruzyně, which also renders the central coordination, and in 17 specialized Research Institutes and Breeding Stations which are responsible for investigation, maintenance, exploration of the collections of special crops. Continual research has assumed since 1951 when former collections of different research stations (amounting only 6000 cultivars) were united.