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Genebank details

Millennium Seed Bank - Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Institute code
GBR004
Show in FAO WIEWS database
Type
Governmental
Country
United Kingdom
Web link
https://www.kew.org/wakehurst/whats-at-wakehurst/millennium-seed-bank https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/seed-collection
Data provider
MSBKew Millennium Seed Bank Kew
Accessions in Genesys
88,644
Location
Latitude
51.07
Longitude
-0.08
Most represented Crops
grasspea
1,103
pearlmillet
260
lentil
94
wheat
91
yam
78
Other
302
Not specified
86,716
Most represented Crop names
grasspea
1,103
pearlmillet
260
lentil
94
wheat
91
yam
78
Other
302
Not specified
86,716
Most represented Genera
Vicia
2,103
Lathyrus
1,439
Solanum
835
Silene
834
Trifolium
802
Other
82,631
Most represented Species
Vicia sativa
528
Unknown sp.
433
Cenchrus violaceus
245
Lathyrus aphaca
226
Daucus carota
178
Other
87,034
Biological status of accession
Natural
81,699
Other
3,924
Semi-natural/sown
2,228
Semi-natural/wild
640
Breeding/Research Material
153
Provenance of material
Australia
8,542
United Kingdom
8,160
Madagascar
6,893
Republic of South Africa
6,562
United States of America
4,727
Other
51,772
Not specified
1,988
Type of Germplasm storage
Seed collection
88,644
Cryopreserved collection
7,122
DNA collection
2,133
Curation type
Not specified
88,644
FAO WIEWS code of donor institute
Not specified
88,644
Breeder code
Not specified
88,644
Site of safety duplication
Not specified
88,644
Safety duplicated in Svalbard
Not in SGSV
88,644
ITGPRFA Multi-lateral system
Not declared in the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
84,940
Accession is part of the Multi-lateral system of ITPGRFA
3,704
Available for distribution
Not available for distribution
56,707
Available for distribution
31,937
Recent subsets
Crop wild relatives collected by the CWR Project
Last updates of passport data
2 February 2022
88,855
9 June 2021
157
19 November 2020
284
9 April 2020
280
18 September 2019
168
6 February 2019
168
2 December 2018
12
1 December 2018
4
18 September 2018
41
16 April 2018
164
23 October 2017
63
3 April 2017
15
28 March 2017
167
27 October 2016
208
16 August 2016
18
20 April 2016
502
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 88,644 accessions is 5.42, with minimum score of 2.70 and maximum score of 8.10.