ICVG
Virus collections
PROPOSAL
for a worldwide network of grapevine virus collections, as presented during
the 16th meeting of ICVG in Dijon, France, September
2009: grapevine virus collection 1.pdf
(1)
Members of ICVG are invited to communicate to the secretary their interest in sharing information about their
grapevine virus collections and any useful suggestion and recommendation.
(2)
In the first half of 2010, participants provide more information about
their collections, i.e. localization, organisation, use, size, owner,
person in charge, some pictures as well as any other relevant information.
(3)
Participants provide precise data about important accessions in their
collections and the type of material that could be made available: leaf
samples, wood, canes, virus extracts, cDNA., antibodies, etc. This might
include the expression of the willingness to conserve material for third
part institutes that do not have the necessary facilities or sanitary
containment. Collections of insect-proof houses or in
vitro collections might be necessary in some grapevine-growing
regions.
It
is possible that some institutes may just indicate a link to their already
existing database. Other may prefer to have information also compiled in
an extra database of ICVG. The outcome is still entirely open.
Progress
Positive responses have been obtained from:
Canada, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Spain and Switzerland
ICVG secretary, CH-1272 Genolier, Switzerland: paul.gugerli@icvg.ch or webmaster@icvg.ch