Field and greenhouses

NordGen has access to facilities at the Swedish Agricultural University (SLU) at Alnarp. These include fenced fields and greenhouses at 'the garden laboratory'. The facilities are used for multiplication of material, for evaluation and characterization, and for more specific projects.

For regeneration of cross-pollinated species we use isolation either in time or space - or we use isolation chambers or tents.

NordGen has access to greenhouses at SLU. Material with special needs and priority is regenerated in greenhouses. This includes vegetable species, but also breeding material of cereals.
The soils are fertile but heavy. Compost has been added to improve the aeration and water infiltration. A sand bed has been made to serve plants that need a dry cultural environment. We also have access to surrounding farm fields.

Regeneration and multiplication work is also carried out at sites of our collaborating partners in the various Nordic countries.

Responsible: Svein Oivind Solberg

From field regeneration in 2008

NordGen Head Office
NordGen Plants
Box 41, SE-230 53 Alnarp, Sweden
Visiting address: Smedjevägen 3
Tel: +46 40 53 66 40
Fax: +46 40 53 66 50

NordGen Farm Animals
NordGen Forest
Postboks 115, NO-1431 ÅS, Norway
Visiting address: Høgskolevien 8, ÅS
Phone: +47 64 94 97 00/+47 64 94 80 00
Fax: +47 64 94 29 80

NordGen Plants
is the Nordic Genetic Resource Center for cultivated plants. We work with conservation and sustainable use of cultivated plants and their wild relatives. This includes both conserving the seeds, supplying researchers and others with seeds and their data as well as general information work about the value and importance of plant genetic resources.