Global Strategy for the Ex Situ Conservation of Faba Bean (Vicia faba L.)

This document, developed with the input of a large number of experts, aims to provide a framework for the efficient and effective ex situ conservation of globally important collections of faba bean. Acknowledgment The strategy outlined here has been developed following extensive consultations with many stakeholders concerned with the conservation and use of the genetic diversity of Vicia faba. Valuable information, ideas and insights source from the many genebank managers, curators and national and international programme scientists (listed in Annexes 2 and 3) who attended the Aleppo Workshop in February 2007 and/or contributed to the surveys. The strategy was reviewed and improved through the contribution of many researchers, including Mike Ambrose, Nigel Maxted, Geoff Hawtin, Manuela Veloso, Gérard Duc, María José Suso, Jan Valkoun, and Ken Street.