BBSRC
Cereals Collection
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These collections are the
largest and most authoritative in the UK, formed through the amalgamation of
already long established collections of barley stocks from the Scottish Crops
Research Institute at Invergowrie (now known as the
James Hutton Institute), wheat from the Plant Breeding Institute in Cambridge
and oats from the Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research at
Aberystwyth. The old reference collections of the National Institute of
Agricultural Botany (NIAB) which were disbanded in the 1960's are also
included. The collections were built up primarily around breeding programmes
and are thus very comprehensive in material bred and trailed in the UK and
Western Europe. In addition they also acted as security holdings for material
coming into the UK from collections and expeditions throughout this century
which has resulted in a large body of land races from different parts of the
world. Research lines from more basic science programmes are also represented
to varying degrees in the different collections. In more recent time the
collections have become independent of breeding programmes which has allowed
them to broaden their remit and focus.
Summary statistics for the
collections are as follows:-
- Triticum - 9526 accessions. UK holdings
520 cultivars and 782 breeders lines. Bread wheat
types 7971 accessions including 1787 named varieties, 2135 breeders lines,
3658 landraces or selections from landraces. Durum types 200 accessions
including 89 named cultivars, 49 breeders lines and 45 landraces or
selections from landraces.
- Hordeum -10908 accessions. UK holdings
710 named varieties, 924 breeders lines. 1954
named varieties, 2038 breeders lines. 4500
landraces or selections from landraces. 330 genetic stocks.
- Avena - 3000 accessions. UK holding
276 cultivars and 182 breeders lines A. sativa
1845 accessions incudes 1047 named cultivars, 454 breeders
lines and 160 landraces. A.sativa nuda 168 accessions includes
30 named varieties, 75 breeders lines and 28 landraces. A. byzantina 158 accessions includes
30 named varieties, 118 landraces or selections from land races.
(As of November 2009 we have uploaded
listings of WGIN wheat germplasm maintained at RRes-Rothampsted
into our searchable database. Currently these consist of accession of Triticum monococcum and
have been allocated accession numbers > 40000. )
Searchable database for BBSRC Small Grain Cereal CollectionsWheat pedigree data Barley pedigree dataOat pedigree data
Page maintained by M.J.Ambrose
Genetic Resources Unit Manager (ambrose@jic.ac.uk)