The FIGS sets conserved in the AGG are available to the Australian scientific community upon request. You can make a request to the genebank by contacting Sally Norton sally.norton@ecodev.vic.gov.au If you would like to discuss if or not FIGS could
Data Needed
Many Australian collaborators have received FIG accessions and if you have evaluated then it is of utmost importance to share the results with the genebank when you are finished. This data is invaluable, not only help refine the FIGS process,
Offshore evaluations using FIGS which are of relevance to Australia
While research to refine the predictive power of FIGS is ongoing it is routinely deployed in the hunt for previously undiscovered traits and for genetic ICARDA distributes over 30,000 accessions annually (less since the Syrian conflict) and as it leads
Has FIGS actually help find valuable trait sources?
While research to refine the predictive power of FIGS is ongoing it is routinely deployed in the hunt for previously undiscovered traits and for genetic variation of current traits required by the plant breeding community. The following table details some
How many FIG accessions have been distributed in Australia?
So far over 21,400 accessions belonging to FIGS sets have been distributed from the winter cereals collection and the temperate legumes collections to the local user community as indicated in the table below. *total distribution: includes cases of multiple dispatches
What do we currently know and have in Australia?
An updated summary of the FIGS sets available in Australia (at the AGG) is provided below for a number of crops and traits. The full UPDATED information is available HERE Note: For any given table below, the number of unique
Durum Wheat FIGS sets in the AGG
Durum wheat FIGS sets in the AGG TraitAccessions Acid soil220 Drought268 Frost29 Heat stress97 Rubisco601 Salinity36 Stem rust126 Sunn pest13 Yellow rust206 Total1591
Bread Wheat FIGS sets in the AGG
Bread wheat FIGS sets in the AGG TraitAccessions Acid soil143 Drought651 Frost1318 Heat stress734 Phosphorous use efficiency110 Powdery mildew41 Rubisco877 Russian wheat aphid264 Salinity429 Septoria37 Spot blotch87 Stem rust67 Stem rust (ug99)152 Sunn pest90 Wheat blast98 Yellow rust248 Total5346
Primitive Wheat FIGS sets in the AGG
Primitive wheat FIGS sets in the AGG TraitAccessions Acid soil12 Drought7 Heat stress5 Rubisco69 Yellow rust23 Total116
Barley FIGS sets in the AGG
Barley FIGS sets in the AGG TraitAccessions Acid soil195 Barley stem gall midge44 Barley yellow dwarf virus35 Cereal cyst nematode134 Drought74 Frost253 Heat stress167 Leaf rust135 Net blotch952 Powdery mildew260 Russian wheat aphid25 Salinity100 Scald137 Spot blotch74 Stem rust67 Stripe
