A European Genebank Integrated System, or AEGIS for short, aims to establish a European Collection, which would be a virtual European Genebank, to be maintained in accordance with agreed quality standards, and to be freely available in accordance with the terms and conditions set out in the International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture...
Latest news: ...The European Collection is growing!...
Following the recent offer of accessions to AEGIS by Germany (i.e. the national genebank IPK in Gatersleben) and The Netherlands (i.e. the Dutch national genebank CGN in Wageningen), the Working Groups have endorsed inclusion of 11,524 accessions that are now formally part of the European Collection. An overview of all designated European Accessions by genera as well as on a map is available as a new feature on the AEGIS website: