USE OF PLANT BIOTECHNOLOGY METHODS FOR CONSERVATION AND STUDY OF WORLD FLORA BIODIVERSITY

摘要

An ex situ germplasm bank of representatives of world flora, including a seed collection and collection of in vitro cell cultures, has been created at the Institute of Cell Biology and Genetic Engineering, Ukrainian National Academy of Sciences, on the basis of combining studies in the fields of classical botany and plant biotechnology. At present there are more than 4000 accessions in the seed bank and more than 2000 cell lines in the in vitro bank. The germplasm bank created, which was added to the list of objects composing national scientific property of Ukraine, is the basis for developing biotechnological methods of conservation of world flora biodiversity and for screening for biologically active compounds in the plant material being conserved.