Note: these standards will be sent to the Steering Committee for endorsement.

Templates for the preparation of crop-specific standard by the Working Groups

• Orthodox seeds (125,0 KB)
• In vitro culture and cryopreservation (123,5 KB)
• Field genebanks (124,0 KB)  

• Crop-specific standards for in vitro culture and cryopreservation (agreed by the Allium WG, August 2017) (71,3 KB)

• Crop-specific standards for field genebanks (agreed by the Allium WG, May 2015) (79,7 KB)

• Crop-specific genebank standards for orthodox seeds (agreed by the Avena WG, March 2016)   (79,7 KB)

• Crop-specific genebank standards for orthodox seeds (agreed by the Beta WG, March 2016) (101,6 KB)

• Crop-specific genebank standards for orthodox seeds (agreed by the Cucurbits WG, April 2015) (78,0 KB)

• Crop-specific genebank standards for orthodox seeds (agreed by the Forages WG, August 2023) (229,9 KB)

• Crop-specific genebank standards for orthodox seeds (agreed by the Leafy Vegetables WG, March 2016) (100,9 KB)

• Prunus-specific standards (PGS) for genebank management (V1, January 2016) (460,8 KB)
• Crop-specific standards for field genebanks (agreed by the Prunus WG, January 2016) (92,9 KB)

• Crop-specific genebank standards for orthodox seeds (agreed by the Solanaceae WG, January 2016)  (73,1 KB)  (86,0 KB)

• Three protocols for germplasm sustainable conservation  (207,3 KB) (final results of the COST Action FA1003, October 2014).
  This document includes:
  • Phytosanitary rules for grapevine (Vitis vinifera L.) propagation material introduction into EU for germplasm conservation and scientific purposes
  • Field genebank standards for grapevines (Vitis vinifera L.)
  • Vitis spp. operational field genebank collections manual   

• Crop-specific genebank standards for orthodox seeds (agreed by the Wheat WG, January 2016)  (97,4 KB)