Month: September 2020

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Parts of Our Pea Collection Characterized in Search of Plant Based Protein Sources for the Future

NordGen has more than 2 000 seed samples from different peas in our collection. Last summer, we propagated 100 of the pea accessions and took the opportunity to learn as much as possible about them.

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Arkitektritning på det nya huset.

NordGen’s Head Office will Re-locate to New Building

Today is day worth celebrating as we now can announce that NordGen will re-locate its head office to an entirely new building! The new house, which will be built only a stone’s throw from our current head office in Alnarp,...

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passport data recovered in archives

Information about Preserved Cultivars and Accessions Updated

In a recently finalised project, NordGen has transferred material formerly only stored in our physical archives into our information system GENBIS.

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Man standing in a spruce plantation. Photo taken in 1971.

NordGen Forest Celebrates its 50th Birthday – and You’re Invited!

This year, the Nordic collaboration on forests turns 50 years old. That's a cause for celebrations - and you're invited!

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Drone shot of a green field with pea regeneration

Almost 3 000 Pea Samples from John Innes Centre Safeguarded in the Seed Vault

Due to the pandemic, several genebanks have been forced to postpone their deposits. But first-time depositor Germplasm Resources Unit at John Innes Centre has now secured their entire pea collection in Svalbard.

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