Japan

Curator/person in charge:

Yasushi Kunihiro

Details of collection:

349 accessions of Fagopyrum esculentum, 6 of F. cymosum and 103 of F. tataricum, which were collected from Japan and Nepal

Maintenance of collection:

Seeds are stored at -10°C for long-term conservation

Duplication of collection:

Duplicated in NARC, Hokkaido National Agricultural Station and partly in Shinshu University

Availability:

All collections are available for exchange

Quarantine:

No quarantine restriction

Evaluation:

Evaluation on growth habit, plant height, number of primary branches, stem colour, leaf blade shape, flower colour, date of flouring, date of maturing, seed shape, 1000-seed mass, resistance to diseases and lodging, seed yield and seed quality

Documentation:

Passport and evaluation data computerized

Curator/person in charge:

Yoshinao Okuyama

Details of collection:

50 accessions of Fagopyrum esculentum, of which 34 are indigenous collections and 16 exotic collections; 5 accessions of F. tataricum, including 4 exotic ones; and 2 accessions of exotic F. cymosum

Maintenance of collection:

Stored in the small plastic film bags with desiccant in storage room at 5°C

Duplication of collection:

Duplicated in National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Japan

Availability:

Partial

Quarantine:

No quarantine restrictions

Evaluation:

Evaluated characters are yield, botanical characters, downy mildew

Documentation:

Under preparation for computerization

Curator/person in charge:

Hyoji Namai

Details of collection:

180 accessions of Fagopyrum esculentum from Japan (150), Russia, Slovenia, Poland, Nepal and other countries; 120 accessions of F. tataricum from Nepal

Maintenance of collection:

Seeds stored in the small vacuum plastic film bags or in the small plastic film bags in plastic desiccators in storage room at -1°C to -6°C

Duplication of collection:

Partly duplicated in University of Tsukuba

Availability:

Partially available

Quarantine:

No quarantine restrictions

Evaluation:

Partially evaluated

Documentation:

Manual inventory

Curator/person in charge:

Ohnishi Ohmi

Details of collection:

a. 13 wild Fagopyrum species from China, and Himalaya region of India, Nepal and Bhutan; b. about 120 landraces of common buckwheat from Japan, Korea, China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan, Russia, Poland, Austria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Italy and France; c. about 120 landraces of tartary buckwheat from China, Bhutan, Nepal, India, Pakistan and European countries; d. about 200 mutants with various kind of morphological characteristics

Maintenance of collection:

Stored in store room at 7-10°C and 30% RH in small cans of 10 cm (diameter) x 30 cm (height)

Duplication of collection:

Tartary buckwheat samples are duplicated in Shinshu University

Availability:

Collection b, c are available. In the case of a and d, accessions having sufficient stocks are available

Quarantine:

No quarantine restrictions

Evaluation:

For collection c, the data on plant height, 100-grain weight and days to flowering were obtained

Documentation:

Only the collecting location, altitude, growing season were recorded

Curator/person in charge:

Haruo Inagaki

Details of collection:

50 accessions of Fagopyrum esculentum; 5 of F. tataricum; and 2 of F. cymosum

Maintenance of collection:

Stored at 5°C and 30% RH in the 500 cc plastic bottles with silica gel

Duplication of collection:

Duplicated in National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Japan

Availability:

Partial

Quarantine:

No quarantine restrictions

Evaluation:

Evaluated for yield, botanical characters and downy mildew

Documentation:

Not yet.

Curator/person in charge:

Motohiro Fujimori

Details of collection:

50 accessions of Fagopyrum esculentum; 10 of F. tataricum; and one F. cymosum

Maintenance of collection:

Stored at 15°C and 40% RH controlled by an air-conditioner

Duplication of collection:

Not duplicated

Availability:

Partial and conditional

Quarantine:

No quarantine restrictions

Evaluation:

All collections were evaluated for plant height, stem length, growth phases (times of emergence, bud emergence, first flowering and maturing), dry matter production (whole plant weight, stem weight, seed weight), yield, 1000-seed mass

Documentation:

Manual record and computerized database being prepared

Curator/person in charge:

Akio Ujihara

Details of collection:

About 500 accessions including Fagopyrum esculentum, F. tataricum and F. cymosum collected from Nepal by IBPGR missions in 1984 and 1985

Maintenance of collection:

Stored at 15°C and 35% RH in small plastic containers

Duplication of collection:

National Institute of Agrobiological Resources, Japan

Availability:

Free available.

Quarantine:

No information

Evaluation:

Evaluation was carried out and several papers were published on the results

Documentation:

Computerized