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Safeguarding the future of banana against changing climates, pests and diseases
KU Leuven and Bioversity International today sign a landmark agreement to safeguard the future of the world’s favourite fruit.
Sharing best practices for banana germplasm conservation and exchange
Latin American and Caribbean banana collection curators came together for the MusaNet Regional Workshop on Musa Characterization and Documentation
Celebrating banana diversity – A treasure chest hosted in Belgium
Last week, Director General M. Ann Tutwiler celebrated, together with national and international partners, the 30th anniversary of the world’s largest...
30 years of banana diversity hosted in Belgium – A treasure chest to feed the world
KU Leuven, Belgium – The world’s largest banana genebank managed by Bioversity International, celebrated today its 30th anniversary with an event...
Cryopreservation – Safeguarding crops for millennia
Cryopreservation consists of storing plant material in liquid nitrogen at -196 °C. A new video explains how Bioversity International is using...
New insights into banana genetics
New study by Bioversity International scientist Julie Sardos and colleagues, published in PLOS ONE, shows that genome-wide association studies are...
Opening the doors to India's first low-energy genebank
Bioversity International scientists report from India on the opening of the first low-energy genebank, inaugurated as part of the National Symposium...
Investing in safeguarding crop diversity for a food-secure future
Last week M. Ann Tutwiler, Director General, Bioversity International, spoke at the Global Crop Diversity Trust Pledging Conference on behalf of...
Take a virtual tour of the Mbarara field collection of banana diversity, Uganda
Join Bioversity International researchers Deborah Karamura and William Tinzaara on a virtual tour of the East and Central Africa Musa Germplasm...
Crop wild relatives – are they going to end up like the dodo?
Many crop wild relatives are at risk of extinction. How to safeguard and use them was the theme of a side event held during the Plant Treaty Governing...