Management of Germplasm Collections, Regeneration, Evaluation, Characterization, Modern Conservation, Germplasm Morgues, Mortuaries

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	Management of Germplasm Collections - With the availability of facilities for conservation of valuable germplasm, it is necessary that resources and facilities are also available for multiplication, regeneration, evaluation, characterization, documentation and distribution of this germplasm.
It is also necessary to ensure that during conservation and management of the germplasm, its identity and genetic stability is maintained. Further, for safety, samples must be duplicated at different sites, particularly when older collections are transferred into modern conservation storage. If these precautions are not taken and facilities for management of collections are not extended, some of the germplasm repositories may become germplasm morgues or mortuaries. A summary of the available accessions, regeneration of the available accessions, their regeneration capacities and facilities available for distribution of these accessions in the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System (NPOS) is presented. Similar information for CGIAR centres is presented.
The facilities for ex situ conservation programmes, however, differ in developing countries, U.S.A. and in IARCs (or ,CGIAR centres) need for bilateral development and funding, so that the developing countries may join in the global network of base collections, without the need of excessive duplications of germplasm accessions.