New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research abstracts
Genetic resources of temperate native and low-input grasses in New Zealand and
Australian collections
W. M. WILLIAMS
Margot Forde Forage Germplasm Centre
AgResearch Grasslands
Private Bag 11008
Palmerston North, New Zealand
Abstract Genebank holdings of seed of the temperate native
grasses of New Zealand and Australia are very small. For example, seed of only
10 of the 160 grass species native to New Zealand is held in the Margot Forde
Forage Germplasm Centre. The Australian situation is only slightly better.
Introductions of temperate grasses other than Lolium perenne,
Dactylis glomerata, Festuca arundinacea, and Phalaris aquatica
into Australia and New Zealand have included over 400 species but, on average,
fewer than 10 samples per species. Very few introduced grass species have
therefore been adequately sampled for the full range of genetic diversity
within the species. This paper lists the accessions of grasses into genebanks
in Australia and New Zealand and discusses the strengths and limitations of the
collections.
Keywords plant genetic resources; germplasm; native grasses;
low-input grasses; grasses
New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research, 1996, Vol. 39: 513-526
0028-8233/96/3904-0513 $2.50/0 (c) The Royal Society of New Zealand
1996
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