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Istituto di Genetica Vegetale (IGV) is an integral part of the institutes of the Italian Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (National Research Council). It is officially located in Bari and has four different Divisions, located in Portici, Palermo, Florence and Perugia. IGV started its activities on November 2002. In the framework of the new CNR National Research Network, IGV is the result of the fusion of five former Institutes, operating in the field of Plant Genetics and Breeding, namely Germplasm Institute – Bari; the Institute of Forest Tree Breeding - Florence, Research Institute of Ornamental and Vegetable Plant Breeding -Portici, Research Institute for Citrus Genetics, Palermo; Research Institute for Grass and Fodder Crop Breeding - Perugia. ==Research Lines== A particular attention is being paid to specific sectors of the plant genetic resources such as local agro-ecotypes, ecotypes threatened of extinction, wild relatives of the cultivated plants, wild species used by man for several purposes, species that can be potentially exploited for the extraction of bio-active or technological products, and finally the model species. Currently the Section of Bari preserves around 80.000 samples belonging to more than 40 genera and about 600 species. Numerous accessions have been acquired through the exchange with other Institutions. Altogether from 1972 over 80.000 samples have been distributed all over the world. Small data banks also exist on specific aspects, such as the protein quality and antinutritional factors (in wheat, bean, faba bean, lentil, cowpea), resistance to biotic stress (in wheat and faba bean), plant characters (in wheat and chickpea), rare, very rare and endemic angiosperm Italian species. From a general point of view the results and acquired experience have allowed the Section in Bari to become a reference of excellence in the national and international scientific community in the field of the safeguard of plant biodiversity. This has favoured the start of operational contacts with several public and private subjects interested in the exploitation of plant genetic resources. Wheat lines have been detected which contain a high level of proteins and lines characterized by protein components associated to pasta-making quality. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Istituto di Genetica Vegetale」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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