Ex situ conservation and seed banks

Ex situ conservation is the technique of conservation of all levels of biological diversity outside their natural habitats through different techniques like zoo, captive breeding, aquarium, botanical garden, and gene bank

CIP International Potato Center Genebank

Technology

Ex situ conservation and seed banks

The CIP Genebank maintains clonal and seed collections of potato, sweetpotato, and Andean roots and tubers (ARTC’s).

CIP’s germplasm is available for requestors for research, education, and breeding purposes. This germplasm has been used in breeding programs in over 100 countries.

Ex situ conservation and seed banks

CIP International Potato Center Genebank