The crops list and number of accessions stored in NPGRC'S long-term and medium-term rooms


Crop Scientific name Long-term
storage room
Medium-term
storage room
Soybean Glycine max 3983 9359
Tomato Lycopersicon esculentum 1752 4185
Rice Oryza sativa 3287 3509
Mungbean Vigna radiata 3358 3451
Pepper Capsicum annuum 984 1959
Common Flax Linum vsitatissimum 617 1709
Asparagus Bean Vigna unguiculata 6 972
Peanut Arachis hypogaea 395 877
Corn Zea mays 327 492
Chinese Cabbage Brassica campestris Pekinensis group 416 439
Sorghum Sorghum bicolor 324 370
Eggplant Solanum melongena 85 251
Sunflower Helianthus annuus 12 123
Adzuki Bean Phaseolus angularis 100 101
Snow Pea Pisum sativum 44 97
Bottle Gourd Lagenaria siceraria 61 91
Chinese Mustard Brassica campestris chinensis group 57 59
Spinach Spinacia oleracea 15 57
Watermelon Citrullus lanatus 16 51
Snap Bean Phaseolus vulgaris 25 36
Cucumber Cucumis sativus 29 34
Wild Soybean Glycine spp. 0 34
Chinese Kale Brassica oleracea Alboglabra group 30 31
Radish Raphanus sativus 20 31
Bitter Melon Momordica charantia 0 30
Rape Brassica campestris Japonica group 24 24
Mustard Brassica juncea 23 24
Muskmelon Cucumis melo 3 24
Oat Avena sativa 0 24
Lettuce Lactuca sativa 7 22
Sesame Sesamum indicum 15 16
Squash Cucurbita moschata 9 16
Oriental Pickling Melon Cucumis melo Conomon group 10 14
Luffa Luffa aegyptiaca 1 13
Millet Setaria italica 8 12
Barley Hordeum distichon 0 10
Water Convolvulus Ipomoea aquatica 3 9
Edible Amaranth Amaranthus tricolor 8 8
Waxgourd Benincasa hispida 3 8
Triticale x Triticosecale sp. 0 8
Red basella Basella rubra 0 8
Beach Morning Glory Ipomoea pes-carprae spp. brassiliensis6 6
Blackberry Lily Belamcanda chinensis 6 6
Sudangrass Sorghum sudanense 2 6
Barley Hordeum vulgare 0 6
Berseem Clover Trifolium alexandrinum 5 5
Pigeongrass Setaria sphacelata 5 5
Edible snake Gourd Trichosanthes anguina 0 5
Vitex rotundifolia Vitex rotundifolia 4 4
Garland Chrysanthemum Chrysanthemum coronarium 4 4
Campion Silene fortunei var. kiruninsularis 4 4
Sedum alfredi Sedum alfredi 4 4
Corydalis tashiroi Corydalis tashiroi 4 4
Sub Clover Trifolium subterraneum 3 4
Multiflora Bean Phaseolus coccineus 2 4
Cauliflower Brassica oleracea Botrytis group 2 3
White Clover Trifolium repens 2 3
Lima Bean Phaseolus limensis 0 3
Large Leaf Basella Basella cordifolia 0 3
Atylosia scarabaeoides Atylosia scarabaeoides 0 3
Cunninghamia lanceolata Cunninghamia lanceolata 0 3
Formosa Toad Lily Tricyrtis formosana 2 2
Viburnum integrifolium Viburnum integrifolium 2 2
Indian Poke Phytolacca acinosa 2 2
Castor-Oil Plant Ricinus communis 2 2
Wheat Triticum aestivum 1 2
Vegtable Sponge Luffa acutangula 1 2
Rhodesian Kudzu Neonotonia wightii 0 2
White Basella Basella alba 0 2
Wild Bean Calopogonium mucunoides 0 2
Basil Ocimum basilicum 0 2
Rye Secale cereale 0 2
Rosa sericea var. morrisonensis Rosa sericea var. morrisonensis 1 1
Cotoneaster morrisonensis Cotoneaster morrisonensis 1 1
Photinia serrulata Photinia serrulata 1 1
Viburnum foetidum var. rectangulatum Viburnum foetidum var. rectangulatum 1 1
Kitchen Garden Purslane Portulaca oleracea 1 1
Hydrangea aspera Hydrangea aspera 1 1
Dense-Flowered False Boehmeria densiflora 1 1
Pittosporum illicioides Pittosporum illicioides 1 1
Stachyurus himalaicus Stachyurus himalaicus 1 1
Ditch Polypogon Polypogon fugax 1 1
Alfalfa Medicago sativa 1 1
Callicarpa dichotoma Callicarpa dichotoma 1 1
Photinia beauverdiana var. notabilis Photinia beauverdiana var. notabilis 1 1
Yellow Lupine Lupinus lutens 1 1
Prunus phaeosticta Prunus phaeosticta 1 1
Tropical Kudzu Pueraria phaseoloides 1 1
Asparagus Bean Psophocarpus tetragonolobus 1 1
Campion Silene fortunei 1 1
Celery Apium graveolens 1 1
Talinum triangnlare Talinum triangulare 1 1
Jute Corchorus capsularis 0 1
Wild Barley Hordeum spontaneum 0 1
Mahonia Mahonia japonica 0 1
Rescuegrass Bromus catharticus 0 1
Lauki Cassia leschenautiana 0 1
Mountain Sour Sop Annona montana 0 1
Centro Centrosema pubescens 0 1
Guineagrass Panicum maximum 0 1
Solanum photeinocarpum Solanum photeinocarpum 0 1
Hairy Indigo Indigofera hirsuta 0 1
Aralia taiwaniana Aralia taiwaniana 0 1
Prickly Sesban Sesbania roxburghii 0 1
Desmodium heterocarpon var. strigosum Desmodium heterocarpon var. strigosum 0 1
Long-Leaf Hydrangea Hydrangea longifolia 0 1
Usuramo Crotalaria Crotalaria zanzibarica 0 1
Woolly rettlepod Crotalaria incana 0 1
Chamaecyparis obtusa Chamaecyparis obtusa 0 1
Cassia patellaria Cassia patellaria 0 1
Desmodium heterocarpon var. heterocarpon Desmodium heterocarpon var. heterocarpon0 1
Kohlrabi Brassica oleracea Gongylodes group 0 1
Ovate Trifoliate Desmodium laxiflorum 0 1
Chive Allium schoenoprasum 0 1
Yokohama Bean Stizolobium hassjoo 0 1
Crotalaria spectablilis Crotalaria spectablilis 0 1
Hairy Bean Tephrosia noctiflora 0 1
Crotalaria anagyroides Crotalaria anagyroides 0 1
Alysicarpus ovalifolius Alysicarpus ovalifolius 0 1
Alyce Clover Alysicarpus vaginalis 0 1
White Popinac Leucaena leucocephala 0 1
Kordofan Pea Clitoria ternatea 0 1
Black Nightshade Solanum nigrum 0 1
Intortum Clover Desmodium intortum 0 1
trailing indigo Indigofera spicata 0 1
Sirato Macroptilium atropurpurens 0 1
Rosary Pea Abrus precatorius 0 1
Oluanpi Senna Cassia garambiensis 0 1
Lablab Lablab purpureus 0 1
Sorbus randaiensis Sorbus randaiensis 0 1
Mountain Flat-Bean Cassia mimosoides 0 1
Wild Soybean Glycine tabacina 0 1
Pigeon Pea Cajanus cajan 0 1
Leaf-Beet Beta vulgaris 0 1
Coix lacryma-jobi Coix lacryma-jobi 0 1
Dirty Dick Chenopodium album 0 1
Total 16140 28756

Update:February,1997

Statistics of plant germplasm preserved by tissue culture in NPGRC
Crop Scientific name No. of lines in vitro
Sweet potato Ipomoea batatas 360
Strawberry Fragaria ananassa10
Others 43
Total 413