The report of National Bioresource Project-Wheat III.  Seed resources, 2013.

Taihachi Kawahara^1*, Takashi R. Endo², Shuhei Nasuda ², Masayuki Isshiki³ and Tomohiro Ban³

¹ Laboratory of Crop Evolution, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Mozume, Muko 617-0001, Japan

² Laboratory of Plant Genetics, Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University, Kitasirakawa-Oiwakecho, Sakyo-ku, Kyoto 606-8502, Japan

³ Kihara Institute for Biological research, Yokohama City University, Maioka, Totuka-ku, Yokohama 244-0813, Japan

*Corresponding author :kawahara.taihachi.2z@kyoto-u.ac.jp

Maintenance of seed resources: Regenerated seeds of total of 1,325 strains were harvested until early summer in 2012.  Three hundred and fourteen tetraploid wheat were grown in Kihara Institute for Biological Research, Yokohama City University (KIBR) and 1,011 strains consisting of several wild species and landraces were grown in Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University.  Total of 1,210 strains were sown in autumn 2013, 319 in KIBR and 891 at Graduate School of Agriculture, Kyoto University.

Distribution of seed resources: Total of 849 strains have been distributed to various researchers and institutions around the world (Table 1).