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Preservation of Plant Genetic Resources �Natural Resources Institute Finland (Luke) coordinates the Finnish Plant Genetic Resources Program. The first program was established in 2003 and it was last updated in 2018. The coordinator for the program is Elina Kiviharju and responsible for security collections is Maarit Heinonen.

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Luke is the main storage place for Finnish plant genetic resources that can be stored vegetatively, but in addition to this, there are several backup collections. A symbolic support is paid for the backup collections, and the administrators of the collections report annually on the condition of the collection.

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NordGen – the Nordic genebank

The Nordic Genetic Resource Center (NordGen) is the joint genebank and knowledge center for genetic resources in the Nordic countries.

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Finnish plant genetic resources propagated from seeds and potatoes are stored by NordGen at Alnarp, Sweden.

Nordgen.org

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Apple collection

Hop collection

Vegetables collection

Security collections in Finland

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Dahlia collection

Rose collection

Onion flower collection

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The preservation of the plant genetic resource program is organized by four national working groups:

  1. Plants for landscaping
  2. Fruits and berries
  3. Vegetables, herbs and medicinal plants
  4. Field crops�
  5. Luke: Info about the plant genetic
  6. New territories: Relict plants and the conservation of wild relatives of cultivated plants.

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  • Luke (old METLA, Finnish Forest Research Institute)
  • NordGen Forest theme days are normally organized twice a year.
  • The NordGen Forest conference is held once a year
  • Databases exist at the national level.
  • NordGen monitors and carries out development and research initiatives
  • A lot of work has already been done with the genetic diversity of forests, e.g. and especially in Finland and Norway.