List of animal and plant genetic resources projects funded in 2009
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
Characterisation of the Dextor Cattle Breed in Ireland and other Countries
University College Dublin
The Kerry Bog Pony - Back from the Brink (pdf 66Kb)
The Kerry Bog Pony Society
DNA typing of the Kerry Herd
Kerry Cattle Society
A high resolution survey of genome diversity in the Galway sheep breed
University College Dublin
Transport Subsidy to Broaden the Breeding Base within the Kerry Bog Pony Population
The Kerry Bog Pony Society
Conservation, Study and Improvement of Irish Strains of Dark European Honeybee
Galtee Bee Breeding Group
Plant Projects
Conservation of Selected Native Cherry (doc 24Kb)
Coillte
The production of a priority list of crop wild relatives for Ireland (doc 29Kb)
Genetic Heritage Ireland
The collection of landrace material of cereals traditionally used in the thatching of roofs (doc 29Kb)
Genetic Heritage Ireland
Conservation of Irish Willows
Teagasc
Assessing the diversity and relationships among resistant Irish Brassica species (pdf 6Kb)
Dublin Institute of Technology
Characterisation of Cereals held in the Backweston genebank (pdf 37Kb)
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
