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Introduction
The Plant Gene Bank at the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia operates as part
of the Slovenian Plant Gene Bank National Programme (SRGB). The SRGB
programme was established in the second half of the 1990s and has been
operating as a public service in agriculture since 2000. The Gene Bank at the
Agricultural Institute of Slovenia is one of the four gene banks that operate as
part of the SRGB and is also the largest of the four. However, the beginnings
of the Gene Bank at the Agricultural Institute of Slovenia are much older. The
expert and research programme has included crops important for Slovenian
agriculture (grass and clovers, potato, some vegetable crops, fruit varieties
and grapevines) since the establishment of the Institute more than 100 years
ago. Studying morphological and physiological properties of indigenous
plants and populations started before the Second World War, and after the
war, the indigenous plants were collected for the purposes of breeding. Due
to incorrect preservation, the majority of collected genetic resources did not
survive. Systematic collection of Slovenian indigenous genetic resources of
crops started as part of the Yugoslavian project Banka biljnih gena in 1989
and continues to this day as part of the SRGB programme. The purpose of
the SRGB programme is collecting, characterizing and preserving genetic
resources of agricultural crops. The most valuable source for every gene
bank are autochtonous, local varieties or populations that with their genetic
diversity and adaptability to the given soil and climate conditions are a
valuable source for breeding new varieties and are at the same time an
important national treasure that should be preserved for future generations.

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