Mediterranean Germplams Genebank - Miscellaneous species (ITA436-MGG-Miscellaneous)

Gaetano Laghetti; Marisa Scarascia; Pasquale Cataldo; Lucia Stimolo; Domenico De Paola; Paolo Direnzo; Nicoletta Rapanà; Giovanni Giuseppe Vendramin; Marcella Urbano; Rosella Giunta; Raffaella Balestrini

doi:10.15468/rpej8x

Mediterranean Germplams Genebank - Miscellaneous species (ITA436-MGG-Miscellaneous)

Citation

Laghetti G, Scarascia M, Cataldo P, Stimolo L, De Paola D, Direnzo P, Rapanà N, Vendramin G G, Urbano M, Giunta R, Balestrini R, Fornaro E, Ianigro M, Tumolo M, Bucci G (2025). Mediterranean Germplams Genebank - Miscellaneous species (ITA436-MGG-Miscellaneous). Version 1.1. Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, Istituto di Bioscienze e BioRisorse (CNR-IBBR). Occurrence dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/rpej8x accessed via GBIF.org on 2025-03-26.

Description

This dataset contains about 10,000 accessions of more than 200 different species collected worldwide and maintained at the Mediterranean Germplasm Genebank (MGG) in Bari (Italy). Main families are: Amaranthaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Apiaceae, Apocynaceae, Asparagaceae, Asteraceae, Bignoniaceae, Boraginaceae, Brassicaceae, Cannaceae, Capparaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Compositae, Convolvulaceae, Cruciferae, Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae, Liliaceae, Linaceae, Lythraceae, Malvaceae, Orobanchaceae, Papaveraceae, Pedaliaceae, Plantaginaceae, Poaceae, Poligonaceae, Polygonaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rutaceae, Saponifere, Solanaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Valerianaceae.

Seeds are maintained in sealed cans at -20 °C (long-term storage) and paper bags at 4 °C (short-term storage), and periodically checked for germination and refreshed. Seed lots are available upon request at https://ibbr.cnr.it/mgd/ or by contacting mgd.staff@ibbr.cnr.it.

Purpose

Agriculture, Crop Wild Relatives (CWR), Wild Food Plants (WFP), Weedy Plants, GeneBank, Seeds, Bioremediation, Biofuels, Pharma, Health

Sampling Description

Method steps

Additional info

A full list of the projects involving the seed bank is reported on the IBBR project page (http://ibbr.cnr.it/ibbr/projects).

Taxonomic Coverages

Poaceae (Triticum, Hordeum, Aegilops, Zea, etc.), Fabaceae (Vicia, Pisum, Phaseolus, Medicago, etc.), Solanaceae, Brassicaceae, and Asteraceae are the main represented families, though the following are also included: Amaranthaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Apiaceae, Apocynaceae, Asparagaceae, Bignoniaceae, Boraginaceae, Cannaceae, Capparaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Compositae, Convolvulaceae, Cruciferae, Cucurbitaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Fabaceae, Lamiaceae, Liliaceae, Linaceae, Lythraceae, Malvaceae, Orobanchaceae, Papaveraceae, Pedaliaceae, Plantaginaceae, Polygonaceae, Ranunculaceae, Rutaceae, Tropaeolaceae, Valerianaceae

Poaceae
rank: family
Fabaceae
rank: family
Solanaceae
rank: family
Brassicaceae
rank: family
Asteraceae
rank: family

Geographic Coverages

Worldwide, in particular from Southern Europe and the whole Africa

Bibliographic Citations

Contacts

Gaetano Laghetti
originator
position: Senior Research Scientist
CNR-IBBR-BA, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) - Headquarters, National Research Council of Italy
v. Amendola 165/A
Bari
I-70126
BA
IT
email: gaetano.laghetti@cnr.it
homepage: https://ibbr.cnr.it/ibbr/info/people/gaetano-laghetti
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0892-3307

Marisa Scarascia
originator
position: Technician/Metadata manager
CNR-IBBR-BA, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) - Headquarters, National Research Council of Italy
v. Amendola 165/A
Bari
I-70126
BA
IT
email: marisa.scarascia@cnr.it
homepage: https://ibbr.cnr.it/ibbr/people/marisa-scarascia

Pasquale Cataldo
originator
position: Technician/Metadata Manager
CNR-IBBR-BA, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) - Headquarters, National Research Council of Italy
v. Amendola 165/A
Bari
I-70126
BA
IT
email: pasquale.cataldo@cnr.it
homepage: https://ibbr.cnr.it/ibbr/info/people/pasquale-cataldo

Lucia Stimolo
originator
position: Technician responsible for the collection storage
CNR-IBBR-BA, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) - Headquarters, National Research Council of Italy
v. Amendola 165/A
Bari
I-70126
BA
IT
email: lucia.stimolo@ibbr.cnr.it
homepage: https://www.ibbr.cnr.it//ibbr/info/people/lucia-stimolo

Domenico De Paola
originator
position: Researcher
CNR-IBBR-BA, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) - Headquarters, National Research Council of Italy
v. Amendola 165/A
Bari
I-70126
BA
IT
email: domenico.depaola@cnr.it
homepage: https://www.ibbr.cnr.it/ibbr/info/people/domenico-de-paola
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5667-3114

Paolo Direnzo
originator
position: Technician
CNR-IBBR-BA, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) - Headquarters, National Research Council of Italy
v. Amendola 165/A
Bari
I-70126
BA
IT
email: paolo.direnzo@cnr.it
homepage: https://www.ibbr.cnr.it/ibbr/info/people/paolo-direnzo
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0564-5022

Nicoletta Rapanà
originator
position: Technician
CNR-IBBR-BA, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) - Headquarters, National Research Council of Italy
v. Amendola 165/A
Bari
I-70126
BA
IT
email: nicoletta.rapana@cnr.it
homepage: https://www.ibbr.cnr.it//ibbr/info/people/nicoletta-rapana

Giovanni Giuseppe Vendramin
originator
position: Research Director
CNR-IBBR-FI, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) - Section of Sesto Fiorentino, National Research Council of Italy
v. Madonna del Piano 10
Sesto Fiorentino
I-50019
FI
IT
email: giovannigiuseppe.vendramin@cnr.it
homepage: https://www.ibbr.cnr.it/ibbr/info/people/giovanni-giuseppe-vendramin
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9921-7872

Marcella Urbano
originator
position: Researcher
CNR-IBBR-BA, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) - Headquarters, National Research Council of Italy
v. Amendola 165/A
Bari
I-70126
BA
IT
email: marcella.urbano@ibbr.cnr.it
homepage: https://www.ibbr.cnr.it//ibbr/info/people/marcella-urbano
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8529-4778

Rosella Giunta
originator
position: Technician
CNR-IBBR-BA, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) - Headquarters, National Research Council of Italy
v. Amendola 165/A
Bari
IT-70126
BA
IT
email: rosella.giunta@cnr.it
homepage: https://www.ibbr.cnr.it/ibbr/info/people/rosella-giunta
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9957-4845

Raffaella Balestrini
originator
position: Institute Head - Reference person
CNR-IBBR-BA, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) - Headquarters
v. Amendola 165/A
Bari
IT-70126
BA
IT
email: raffaellamaria.balestrini@cnr.it
homepage: https://www.ibbr.cnr.it/ibbr/people/raffaella-maria-balestrini
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7958-7681

Eleonora Fornaro
metadata author
position: IT Technician
CNR-IBBR-BA, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) - Headquarters, National Research Council of Italy
v. G. Amendola 165/A
Bari
IT-70126
BA
IT
email: eleonora.fornaro@cnr.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0009-0008-0886-5339

Massimo Ianigro
metadata author
position: Senior Technologist
CNR-IRSA-BA, Water Research Institute (IRSA) - Section of Bari, National Research Council of Italy
v. F. De Blasio 5
Bari
I-70132
BA
IT
email: massimo.ianigro@irsa.ba.cnr.it
homepage: https://www.irsa.cnr.it/wp/?page_id=1168&author=massimo.ianigro
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1256-771X

Marina Tumolo
metadata author
position: Technician
National Research Council of Italy
v. G. Amendola 165/A
Bari
IT-70126
BA
IT
email: marina.tumolo@cnr.it
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8182-0454

Gabriele Bucci
metadata author
position: Senior Researcher, Data Manager
CNR-IBBR, Institute of Biosciences and BioResources, National Research Council of Italy
v. Madonna del Piano 10
Sesto Fiorentino
IT-50019
FI
IT
email: gabriele.bucci@cnr.it
homepage: https://ibbr.cnr.it/info/people/gabriele-bucci
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8931-0344

Institute of Biosciences and BioResources CNR-IBBR
content provider
position: Research Institute
National Research Council of Italy (CNR)
v. G. Amendola 165/A
Bari
I-70126
BA
IT
email: mgd.staff@ibbr.cnr.it
homepage: https://ibbr.cnr.it/mgd/

Domenico De Paola
administrative point of contact
position: Researcher
CNR-IBBR-BA, Institute of Biosciences and Bioresources (IBBR) - Headquarters, National Research Council of Italy
v. Amendola 165/A
Bari
IT-70126
BA
IT
email: domenico.depaola@cnr.it
homepage: https://www.ibbr.cnr.it/ibbr/info/people/domenico-de-paola
userId: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5667-3114