EX SITU CONSERVATION OF NATIVE SAN JUAN PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES

MEGLIOLI C; SCAGLIA JA; RIBES AI; DÍAZ BISUTTI GB

Mendoza

Jornada; XXXI Annual Scientific Meeting; 2013

Sociedad de Biología de Cuyo

Those native plant species that possess actual or potential valuefor feeding and agriculture, constitute the native phytogeneticresources. To contribute to the conservation of the geneticresources of local native plant, in 2010 began the campaigns ofseed collection and herbarium specimens in San Juan. The seedcollections are maintained in germplasm bank according to FAO(Food And Agriculture Organization) standards. Herbariumspecimens are preserved under standard conditions, bothcollections in the Seedbed Institute (INSEMI). The collectionsites were characterized and georeferenced. The informationwas systematized along with morphological descriptors of eachspecies. As a result of the collection, there are 100 entries ofnative plant genetic resources (seeds), arranged in 18collections: Mimosaceae, Papilionoideacea, Ceasalpineacea,Asteraceae, Poaceae, Zygophyllaceae, Verbenaceae,Celastraceae, Caparidaceae, Anacardiaceae, Chenopodiacea,Ramnaceae, Apocinaceae, Bignoniaceae, Portulacaceae,Solanaceae, Malphghiaceae and Cactaceae. This is the firstaction of ex situ conservation of native plant genetic resourcesthat have been deployed in the province of San Juan.