List of Animal and Plant Genetic Resources Projects Funded in 2011
Where the project coordinator has provided an executive summary for their project it can be downloaded by clicking on the project title below
Animal Projects
Conservation, Study and Improvement of Dark European Honeybee (doc 24Kb)
Galtee Bee Breeding Group
Preservation of the traditional characteristics of the Irish Draught Horse population worldwide (doc 30Kb)
Horse Sport Ireland
Book - Autochthonous Breeds of Ireland
Dr Leo Curran
Development of a Genetic Resources Showcase Park at the Turvey Nature Reserve (doc 28Kb)
Fingal County Council
Plant Projects
Conservation and genetic characterisation of Irish Willows (doc 51Kb)
Teagasc
Establishment of a Gene Bank(gene conservation area) of Sitka Spruce (doc 23Kb)
Coillte Teoranta
Characterising the Genetic Provenance and Diversity of Native Alder Collections (doc 23Kb)
National Botanic Gardens
Genetics of Old Irish Apple Varieties
University College Dublin
Correlation between DNA results and field characteristics observed on DAFF's Potato Heritage Collection at Tops, Raphoe (doc 25Kb)
Patrick Wilkinson
Recording of Native Crop Wild Relative Species from Key Under-Recorded (pdf 6Kb)
National Biodiversity Data Centre
The collection of seed (germplasm) of selected Priority-listed, rare and threatened species of Crop Wild Relatives for Ireland - Second Phase (doc 28Kb)
Genetic Heritage Ireland
AgroBiodiversity Ireland - Genetic Resources for Food & Agriculture Annual Conference
National University of Ireland Galway
