Genebank details

Banque Nationale de Gènes de Tunisie

The National Genebank of Tunisia (NGBT) is an administrative institution under the authority of the Ministry of Local Affairs and Environment of Tunisia. NGBT started its activities in November 2007 with the mandate to coordinate and promote the conservation and sustainable use of plants, animals and micro-organisms. NGBT has a capacity for ex situ conservation of 200,000 seed accessions, 300,000 samples in cryopreservation at its headquarters in Tunis and a 20 hectares field genebank in Takelsa (Governorate of Nabeul, north-eastern Tunisia). Currently, the seed genebank conserves about 40,000 accessions, including a large diversity of crop species such as cereal crops that have been historically staple crops in North Africa. Our genebank conserves important wheat and barley materials from Tunisia, a center of diversification of these crop species.

Institute code

TUN029

Show in FAO WIEWS database

Type

Governmental

Country

Tunisia

Web link

http://www.bng.nat.tn

Data provider

NGBT National Genebank of Tunisia

Accessions in Genesys

3,166

Location

Latitude

36.84

Longitude

10.2

Most represented Crops

wheat

2,166

barley

1,000

Most represented Crop names

Durum wheat

1,769

Barley

1,000

Bread wheat

397

Most represented Genera

Triticum

2,166

Hordeum

1,000

Most represented Species

Triticum turgidum

1,769

Hordeum vulgare

1,000

Triticum aestivum

397

Biological status of accession

Traditional cultivar/Landrace

3,166

Provenance of material

Tunisia

3,166

Type of Germplasm storage

Not specified

3,166

Curation type

Not specified

3,166

FAO WIEWS code of donor institute

Not specified

3,166

Breeder code

Not specified

3,166

Site of safety duplication

Not specified

3,166

Safety duplicated in Svalbard

Not in SGSV

3,166

ITGPRFA Multi-lateral system

Not specified

3,166

Available for distribution

Not specified

3,166

Last updates of passport data

5 June 2018

3,166

Passport Data Completeness Index (PDCI)

Genesys uses the PDCI as an indicator of the completeness of published passport data. The PDCI uses the presence or absence of data points in the documentation of a genebank accession, taking into account the presence or value of other data points (van Hintum et al. 2011). For example, a wild accession should have a well-defined collection site but no variety name. The PDCI ranges from 0 to 10, where 0 is the minimum score assigned to rather incomplete passport records and 10 is the maximum score assigned to very complete passport records. Any type of accession, wild, landrace, breeding material or modern variety, can attain the PDCI’s maximal score.

Average PDCI score for 3,166 accessions is 6.63, with minimum score of 4.80 and maximum score of 7.30.