Overall specimens: 4,961
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Institution: Istituto per la Protezione sostenibile delle piante di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IPSP-FI)
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Institution: Istituto per la Protezione sostenibile delle piante di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IPSP-FI)
Collection Type: Living Organisms
Preservation Type: Sample Cryopreserved, Storage Frozen Minus 20, Storage Refrigerated
Specimen count: 134
Specimens in GBIF: 134
Description: The collection preserves about 1500 strains of fungal Pathogens of forest, urban, and ornamental plant woody species. The strains are mainly isolated from plant tissues in different geographical areas. Among them are also included strains from the collections of other Research centres or Universities. Main taxa are Ascomycetous fungi isolated from forest and urban trees (Ophiostoma ulmi, O.novo-ulmi, Ceratocystis platani, Diplodia sapinea, Botryosphaericeae). Another collection is related to oomycetes isolated in ornamental nurseries (Pythium, Phytophthora, Mortariella). Preservation techniques are (i) CRYO: Freezer at -20 °C, in cryovials with spore suspension or with mycelium plug in water glycerol (50% v/v) or in pure water; (ii) FRESH CULTURES: Refrigerator at 4 °C in agar slants with mycelium. The distribution of strains is possible for research purposes only.
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Czech Republic, Lithuania, France, Greece, Romania, Austria Great Britain, India, Iran, Malta, Netherlands, Russian Federation, Slovakia, USA
Taxonomic Coverage: Ophiostoma ulmi, Ophiostoma himal-ulmi, Ophiostoma sp., Pesotum piceae
Institution: Istituto per la Protezione sostenibile delle piante di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IPSP-FI)
Collection Type: Living Organisms, Living Cell OrTissue Cultures
Preservation Type: Storage Frozen Minus 80, Storage Refrigerated
Specimen count: 36
Specimens in GBIF: 36
Description: The CNR-IPSP-BAC collection includes about 100 bacterial strains isolated from different host plants from the Mediterranean area. Main taxa are pathogenic or beneficial plant bacterial species belonging to Agrobacterium, Bacillus, Erwinia and Pseudomonas genera. Preservation techniques - Cryoconservation: bacterial suspensions in water glycerol (30% v/v) stored at -80 °C in cryovials; Fresh cultures: bacterial suspensions in ultrapure water stored at 4°C in plastic tubes. Partner of MIRRI Italian Node (www.mirri-it.it).
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Algeria, Pakistan, USA
Taxonomic Coverage: Genera: Agrobacterium, Bacillus, Pseudomonas, Xanthomonas, Clavibacter, Curtobacterium, Enterobacter, Erwinia, Frigobacterium, Methylobacterium, Rhodococcus, Serratia, Stenotrophomonas
Institution: Istituto per la Protezione sostenibile delle piante di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IPSP-FI)
Collection Type: Living Organisms, Associated Data
Preservation Type: Storage Frozen Minus 20, Storage Refrigerated
Specimen count: 491
Specimens in GBIF: 491
Description: The CNR-IPSP-FTFC collection cryo-preserves about 1000 private strains for research purposes. The strains are mainly isolated from the Mediterranean Forests and from cypress species around the world. Main taxa: Large variety of ascomycetous fungi, some basidiomycetes, characterized as pathogens of forest trees (Seiridium spp., Diplodia spp., Pestalotiopsis spp., Armillaria spp., Heterobasidion abietinum, Cryphonectria parasitica). A second core of collection is composed by 35 strains of Trichoderma spp. and Clonostachys rosea, characterized as Biocontrol Agents (BCA). Some basidiomycetes used for trials on mycelium-based biomaterial (Pleurotus ostreatus, Phomitopsis pinicola, Ganoderma lucidum, Trametes versicolor). One strain of the oomycetes Phytophthora cambivora and one of P. cinnamomi are also available. Distribution of strains for research purposes is available. Preservation techniques - Cryoconservation: Freezer at -20°C, in cryovials with spore suspension or with mycelium plug in water glycerol (50% v/V) or in pure water. Fresh cultures: Refrigerator at 4°C in agar slants with mycelium.
Geographic Coverage: Italy, Greece, USA, France, Algeria, Spain, Malta, Morocco, Portugal, Canada, Libya
Taxonomic Coverage: Seiridium cardinale, Pestalotiopsis funerea, Sphaeropsis sapinea, Diplodia cupressi, Diplodia sp., Seiridium cupressi, Sirococcus strobilinus, Seiridium unicorne, Botryosphaeria iberica, Botryosphaeria obtusa, Brunchorstia pinea, Pestalotia stevensonii
Institution: Istituto per la Protezione sostenibile delle piante di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IPSP-FI)
Collection Type: Living Organisms
Preservation Type: Storage Outdoors
Specimen count: 4,300
Specimens in GBIF: 4,058
Description: The CNR-IPSP-CMC collection preserve about 4300 clones, 11000 seed plants, F1, F2 and backcrosses on 14 ha of fields located in Tuscany, Umbria and Campania. Trees are derived from seed collected in their native range all over the world, clones were derived from grafting of valuable genotypes. More than 100,000 accessions are registered in the collection. Trees are currently aged from 2 to 25 years old. The main aim of the collection is to study the cypress resistance to canker disease (Seiridium (=Corineum) cardinale).
Geographic Coverage: Italy, France, Turkey, Greece, Portugal, Tunisia, Morocco, Jordan, Syria, Cipro, Israel, USA, Australia, Mexico, Afghanistan, New Zeland
Taxonomic Coverage: Cupressus spp. (Cupressaceae)
Institution: Istituto per la Protezione sostenibile delle piante di Sesto Fiorentino (CNR-IPSP-FI)