Optimizing the Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture for Adaptation to Climate Change(TCP/SNO/3401)”.

Prepared By Ali Chehade (29/05/2014)

Regional Workshop “Exchange of Information on National PGRFA Strategies and Development of Regional Collaborative Activities”

22-23 September 2014

The Second Global Plan of Action for PGRFA and

Data Collection in Lebanon

•Lebanon is a small country (10 Lebanon is a small country (10 452 km2), located in the Near East 452 km2), located in the Near East Fertile region where Fertile region where domestication of species started domestication of species started ten thousand years ago.ten thousand years ago.

•Lebanon Characterize by a Lebanon Characterize by a climatic diversity ranging from climatic diversity ranging from semi-arid to humid, that allow for semi-arid to humid, that allow for a large number of plant genetic a large number of plant genetic resources to liveresources to live

• Lebanese flora counts 2,600 species with 12% endemism: 8.5% are broadly endemic to Lebanon, Syria and Palestine and 3.5% strictly endemic to Lebanon;

PGR Information Systems

Websites of different Institutions related to PGRFA

The Second Global Plan of Action for PGRFA

Table 5.2. Targeted collecting mission carried out in The country during the reporting period(01/Jan/2012 and 30/Jun 2014), providing details of the

crops, taxa and number of accessions collected

FAO Institute

code

Name of collecting mission

Name of collected

crop

Name of collected

taxon

Number of

collected accessions

Name of collection

area LBN020 Morphological and

molecular characterization of wheat landraces in

Lebanon

Wheat Triticum aestivum

49 North of Bekaa

LBN020 Morphological and molecular

characterization of wheat landraces in

Lebanon

Wheat Triticum durum

5 Central of Bekaa

LBN020 Morphological and molecular

characterization of wheat landraces in

Lebanon

Barley Hordeum vulgare

25 Bekaa

Table 5.2. Enter in the table below any targeted collecting mission carried out in The country during the reporting period(01/Jan/2012 and 30/Jun 2014), providing details

of the crops, taxa and number of accessions collected

FAO Institute code

Name of collecting mission

Name of collected

crop

Name of collected

taxon

Number of collected

accessions

Name of collection

area

LBN020 Collecting landraces of wheat in Lebanon

Wheat Triticum aestivum

26 Different sites of

Lebanon

LBN020 Collecting landraces of wheat in Lebanon

Wheat Triticum durum

11 Different sites of

Lebanon

LBN020 Released varieties Wheat Triticum aestivum

1 Tal Amara

LBN020 Released varieties Wheat Triticum durum

7 Tal Amara

LBN020 Released varieties Barley Hordeum vulgare

3 Tal Amara

Table 5.2. Enter in the table below any targeted collecting mission carried out in The country during the reporting period(01/Jan/2012 and 30/Jun 2014), providing details

of the crops, taxa and number of accessions collected

FAO Institute

code

Name of collecting mission

Name of collected

crop

Name of collected

taxon

Number of collected

accessions

Name of collection

area LBN020 Assessment of the Genetic

Diversity of Lebanese Barley Germplasm for Drought Tolerance

and Malting Quality.

Barley Hordeum vulgare 52 Different Lebanese Regions

LBN020 Characterization of the main Lebanese Olive germplasm

Olive Olea europea 8 Different Lebanese Regions

LBN020 Production and delivery of certified caper plants by using

tissue culture techniques

Caper Capparis spinosa 2 Tal Amara

LBN020 Production and delivery of certified strawberry plants by

using tissue culture techniques

strawberry 3 North of Bekaa

LBN020 Production and delivery of certified prunus plants by using

tissue culture techniques

Prunus Prunus Species 3 North of Bekaa

LBN020 Production and delivery of certified potato basic seeds by

using tissue culture techniques

Potato Solanum tuberosum 1 Central of Bekaa

Table 6.2. Accessions conserved ex situ under medium- or long-term conditions

Holding institute

code

Name of taxon

Name of crop

Total number of accessions

Biological status of accession

Gene bank(s) holding safety duplications

LBN020 Triticum aestivum

Bread Wheat 72 300) Traditional cultivar/Landrace

-

LBN020 Triticum aestivum

Bread Wheat 8 500) Improved cultivar -

LBN020 Triticum durum Durum Wheat

8 500) Improved cultivar -

LBN020 Triticum durum

Durum Wheat

11 300) Traditional cultivar/Landrace

-

LBN020 Hordeum vulgare Barley 75 300) Traditional cultivar/Landrace

-

LBN020 Hordeum vulgare Barley 5 500) Improved cultivar -

LBN020 Wild species 1245 Wild species Collected before 2010

GBR088

LBN020 Olive, Caper, Strawberry,

Prunus, Potato

16 300) Traditional cultivar/Landrace

Field gene Bank or Mother plants

Table 7.1. Number of accessions regenerated and/or multiplied during the reporting period(01/Jan/2012 and 30/Jun 2014),

Stake Holder Name of crop/crop group

Total number of accessions in the

national gene-bank(s)

Number of accessions

regenerated and/or

multiplied

Number of accessions in

need of regeneration

LBN020 Wheat 99 45 54

LBN020 Barley 80 55 25

LBN020 Wild species 1245 - Stored under long term conditions

LBN020 Prunus root stock 3 3 Mother Plants

LBN020 Caper 1 1 Mother Plants

LBN020 Potato 1 1 In – Vitro Plantlets

LBN020 Stawberry 3 3 Mother plants

LBN020 Olive 8 8 Field gene Bank

Micropropagation of different

species

Name of crop/crop group

Total number of accessions

distributed by the national gene bank(s)

Number of accessions

distributed to the private

sector

Number of accessions

distributed to farmers or

NGOs

Number of accessions

distributed to foreign

stakeholders

Wheat 12 8 4

Barley 6 3 3

Prunus root stock 3 3  

Potato seeds 1   1

Caper 1   1

Strawberry 3 3 3

Table 8.4. Number of accessions and the number of samples distributed during the reporting period(01/Jan/2012

and 30/Jun 2014) by the national gene bank(s).

Crop improvement

Priority for the country

Characterization/evaluation Multiplication of seed/planting

material

Documentation in information

systems

Wheat High Activities well advancedActivities well

advancedSome on-going

activities

Barley Medium-high Activities well advancedActivities well

advancedSome on-going

activities

chickpea Medium Some-on going activitiesSome-on going

activitiesSome on-going

activities

Lentil Medium Some-on going activitiesSome-on going

activitiesSome on-going

activities

Almond Low-medium Some-on going activitiesSome-on going

activitiesSome on-going

activities

Apricot Low-medium Some-on going activitiesSome-on going

activities

Some on-going activities

Peach Low-medium Some-on going activitiesSome-on going

activitiesSome on-going

activities

Plum Low-medium Some-on going activitiesSome-on going

activitiesSome on-going

activities

Cherry Low-medium Some-on going activitiesSome-on going

activitiesSome on-going

activities

Grape Medium Some-on going activitiesSome-on going

activitiesSome on-going

activities

Fig Low Some-on going activitiesSome-on going

activitiesSome on-going

activities

Olive Medium Some-on going activitiesSome-on going

activitiesSome on-going

activities

CaperLow

Some-on going activitiesSome-on going

activitiesSome on-going

activities

Table 11-4. underutilized species with potential for commercialization identified during the reporting period(01/Jan/2012 and 30/Jun 2014)

Fusiforme

Effilée Parallèle

Shape of Spike0.1

11

3

1

2

28

32

22

17

16

15

14

13

12

4

5

8

9

6

7

36

31

34

46

45

44

43

39

40

20

21

29

27

26

25

23

24

37

38

Wheat

Ronde Pente Elevée

Blanche Brune Noire

Longue Moyenne Courte

Troncature de la glume

Longueur du bec

Couleur de la barbe et de la glume

Spike

Forme Couleur

Taille

Allongée Ovoïde Blanche Brune

Petite Intermédiaire

Seed

Long IntermediateShort

Spike Length

Dense Intermediate Lax

Spike Density

Shorter Equal Longer

Awn Length

Awn color

Purple Yellow

Shape of lemma tip for sterile spiklets

Pointed Rounded

Barley

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

26

27

28

29

30

31

32

300 pb 300 pb

200 pb 200 pb

100 pb 100 pb

80 pb 80 pb

0.1

401250489105251482120171673555475343111949132815184541424454353661427323130292624122346572256342533393738

Barley

Baladi Souri Abou Chawkeh

Kalb El-Tair

JlotDal

Teliani

Ayrouni

L’olio Del LIBANO

Name of crop

Name of cultivar

Year of release

Type Important characteristics

Wheat Tal Amara 3 2013 Improved variety Characterized by high quality of seeds and used

for the manufacture of Bourghol and pasta

Wheat Berdawni 2013 Improved variety Resistance to rust and lodging and used for the manufacture of Bourghol

and pasta

Wheat Lahen 3 2013 Improved variety High productivity, resistance to rust and

used for the manufacture of Bourghol and pasta

Wheat Ghzayel 2013 Improved variety High productivity, resistance to rust of

wheat

Table 12-1. Released varieties during the reporting period (01/Jan/2012 and 30/Jun 2014

Strength through unity