The Tropical Plant Biological Resource Center of the French West Indies: serving agriculture and research throughout the Caribbean

Pavis Claudie, Roques Danièle, Umber Marie, Teycheney Pierre-Yves, Boisseau Marc, Nuissier Franciane. 2016. The Tropical Plant Biological Resource Center of the French West Indies: serving agriculture and research throughout the Caribbean. In : Proceedings of the 52nd annual meeting of the Caribbean Food Crops Society: “Engineering Ecological Modernization of Agriculture / Exploring the Potential of Tropical Biological Resources for Innovation / Towards a Bio-Economic Development of Caribbean Co. Naves Michel (ed.), Angeon Valérie (ed.), Merlot Bérengère (ed.), Fahrasmane Louis (ed.), Diman Jean Louis (ed.), Labbé Patrick (ed.), Traffond Patricia (ed.), Colon Wilfredo (ed.), Ozier Lafontaine Harry (ed.). INRA. Le Gosier : Caribbean Food Crops Society, 55-56. Caribbean food crops society annual meeting. 52, Le Gosier, Guadeloupe, 10 Juillet 2016/16 Juillet 2016.

Résumé : Plant genetic resources are instrumental in the adaptation of agriculture to social and environmental change. They are the backbone of research and breeding programs aimed at the development and transfer of new crop varieties best suited to consumers' needs and tastes and to new farming systems. To this aim, plant germplasm collections have been constituted worldwide. Securing such collections requires substantial human and fi nancial investments that can prove diffi cult to maintain on the long run for small countries and territories such as most Caribbean countries. In Guadeloupe and Martinique, INRA and CIRAD have constituted large plant germplasm collections of tropical crops over several decades. They joined forces in 2010 to create the Tropical Plant Biological Resource Center of the French West Indies (CRB-PT), which is affi liated to both institutions. In this paper, we describe CRB-PT's collections, services provided to end users and research programs as well as scientifi c and technical networking strategy.

Auteurs et affiliations

• Pavis Claudie, INRA (FRA)
• Roques Danièle, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR AGAP (GLP)
• Umber Marie, INRA (GLP)
• Teycheney Pierre-Yves, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR AGAP (GLP) ORCID: 0000-0002-9754-0745
• Boisseau Marc, CIRAD-BIOS-UMR AGAP (GLP)
• Nuissier Franciane, INRA (GLP)

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