Genebank details
National Plant Genetic Resources Centre
The National Plant Genetic Resources Centre (NPGRC) - Zambia is hosted at the Mount Makulu Central Research Station, the headquarters of the Zambia Agriculture Research Institute (ZARI), a department of the Ministry of Agriculture.
The national genebank currently holds 6,653 accessions of seed samples for 49 different crop species and 311 clones of vegetatively propagated crops, together with a wide range of genetic resources of crop wild relatives and useful plant species.
Institute code
Type
Governmental
Country
Accessions in Genesys
Location
Latitude
-15.39
Longitude
28.19
Most represented Crop names
Rice
265
Sweet potato
261
Groundnuts
159
Cowpea
76
Finger Millet
70
Other
374
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.
Number of passport records
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Passport Data Completeness Index (PDCI)
Average PDCI score for 1,205 accessions is 6.94, with minimum score of 4.85 and maximum score of 7.70.