Optimizing the Use of Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture for Adaptation to Climate Change(TCP/SNO/3401).Prepared By Ali Chehade (29/05/2014)Regional Workshop Exchange of Information on National PGRFA Strategies and Development of Regional Collaborative Activities22-23 September 2014 The Second Global Plan of Action for PGRFA and Data Collection in Lebanon

Lebanon is a small country (10 452 km2), located in the Near East Fertile region where domestication of species started ten thousand years ago.

Lebanon Characterize by a climatic diversity ranging from semi-arid to humid, that allow for a large number of plant genetic resources to live

Lebanese flora counts 2,600 species with 12% endemism: 8.5% are broadly endemic to Lebanon, Syria and Palestine and 3.5% strictly endemic to Lebanon;

PGR Information Systems

Websites of different Institutions related to PGRFA

The Second Global Plan of Action for PGRFA

Table 5.2. Targeted collecting mission carried out in The country during the reporting period(01/Jan/2012 and 30/Jun 2014), providing details of the crops, taxa and number of accessions collected

FAO Institute codeName of collecting missionName of collected crop Name of collected taxon Number of collected accessions Name of collection area LBN020 Morphological and molecular characterization of wheat landraces in LebanonWheat

Triticum aestivum49North of BekaaLBN020 Morphological and molecular characterization of wheat landraces in LebanonWheatTriticum durum5Central of BekaaLBN020

Morphological and molecular characterization of wheat landraces in Lebanon

BarleyHordeum vulgare25Bekaa

Table 5.2. Enter in the table below any targeted collecting mission carried out in The country during the reporting period(01/Jan/2012 and 30/Jun 2014), providing details of the crops, taxa and number of accessions collected

FAO Institute codeName of collecting missionName of collected crop Name of collected taxon Number of collected accessions Name of collection area LBN020 Collecting landraces of wheat in LebanonWheatTriticum aestivum26Different sites of LebanonLBN020 Collecting landraces of wheat in LebanonWheatTriticum durum11Different sites of Lebanon

LBN020

Released varietiesWheat

Triticum aestivum1Tal AmaraLBN020 Released varietiesWheatTriticum durum7Tal Amara

LBN020 Released varietiesBarleyHordeum vulgare3Tal Amara

Table 5.2. Enter in the table below any targeted collecting mission carried out in The country during the reporting period(01/Jan/2012 and 30/Jun 2014), providing details of the crops, taxa and number of accessions collected

FAO Institute codeName of collecting missionName of collected crop Name of collected taxon Number of collected accessions Name of collection area LBN020 Assessment of the Genetic Diversity of Lebanese Barley Germplasm for Drought Tolerance and Malting Quality.BarleyHordeum vulgare52Different Lebanese RegionsLBN020Characterization of the main Lebanese Olive germplasmOliveOlea europea8Different Lebanese RegionsLBN020

Production and delivery of certified caper plants by using tissue culture techniques CaperCapparis spinosa2Tal AmaraLBN020 Production and delivery of certified strawberry plants by using tissue culture techniques strawberry3North of BekaaLBN020 Production and delivery of certified prunus plants by using tissue culture techniques PrunusPrunus Species3North of Bekaa

LBN020 Production and delivery of certified potato basic seeds by using tissue culture techniques PotatoSolanum tuberosum1Central of Bekaa

Table 6.2. Accessions conserved ex situ under medium- or long-term conditions

Holding institute codeName of taxonName of cropTotal number of accessionsBiological status of accessionGene bank(s) holding safety duplicationsLBN020 Triticum aestivumBread Wheat72300) Traditional cultivar/Landrace-LBN020 Triticum aestivumBread Wheat8500) Improved cultivar-LBN020 Triticum durumDurum Wheat8500) Improved cultivar-LBN020

Triticum durumDurum Wheat11300) Traditional cultivar/Landrace-LBN020

Hordeum vulgareBarley75300) Traditional cultivar/Landrace

-LBN020 Hordeum vulgareBarley5500) Improved cultivar-LBN020 Wild species 1245Wild species Collected before 2010GBR088LBN020 Olive, Caper, Strawberry, Prunus, Potato16300) Traditional cultivar/LandraceField gene Bank or Mother plants

Table 7.1. Number of accessions regenerated and/or multiplied during the reporting period(01/Jan/2012 and 30/Jun 2014),

Stake HolderName of crop/crop groupTotal number of accessions in the national gene-bank(s)Number of accessions regenerated and/or multiplied Number of accessions in need of regenerationLBN020 Wheat994554LBN020 Barley805525LBN020

Wild species1245-Stored under long term conditions LBN020 Prunus root stock33Mother PlantsLBN020 Caper11Mother PlantsLBN020 Potato11In Vitro PlantletsLBN020 Stawberry33Mother plantsLBN020 Olive88Field gene Bank

Micropropagation of different species

Table 8.4. Number of accessions and the number of samples distributed during the reporting period(01/Jan/2012 and 30/Jun 2014) by the national gene bank(s).

Name of crop/crop groupTotal number of accessions distributed by the national gene bank(s)Number of accessions distributed to the private sectorNumber of accessions distributed to farmers or NGOsNumber of accessions distributed to foreign stakeholdersWheat 1284Barley633Prunus root stock33Potato seeds11Caper11Strawberry333

Table 11-4. underutilized species with potential for commercialization identified during the reporting period(01/Jan/2012 and 30/Jun 2014)

Crop improvementPriority for the countryCharacterization/evaluationMultiplication of seed/planting materialDocumentation in information systemsWheatHighActivities well advancedActivities well advancedSome on-going activities BarleyMedium-highActivities well advancedActivities well advancedSome on-going activities chickpeaMediumSome-on going activitiesSome-on going activitiesSome on-going activities Lentil MediumSome-on going activitiesSome-on going activitiesSome on-going activities AlmondLow-mediumSome-on going activitiesSome-on going activitiesSome on-going activities ApricotLow-mediumSome-on going activitiesSome-on going activitiesSome on-going activities PeachLow-mediumSome-on going activitiesSome-on going activitiesSome on-going activities PlumLow-mediumSome-on going activitiesSome-on going activitiesSome on-going activities CherryLow-mediumSome-on going activitiesSome-on going activitiesSome on-going activities GrapeMediumSome-on going activitiesSome-on going activitiesSome on-going activities FigLowSome-on going activitiesSome-on going activitiesSome on-going activities OliveMediumSome-on going activitiesSome-on going activitiesSome on-going activities CaperLowSome-on going activitiesSome-on going activitiesSome on-going activities

FusiformeEffileParallleShape of SpikeWheat

Ronde Pente EleveBlanche Brune Noire Longue Moyenne CourteTroncature de la glume Longueur du becCouleur de la barbe et de la glumeSpike

FormeCouleurTaille Allonge OvodeBlanche Brune Petite IntermdiaireSeed

LongIntermediateShortSpike LengthDenseIntermediateLaxSpike DensityShorterEqualLongerAwn LengthAwn colorPurpleYellowShape of lemma tip for sterile spikletsPointedRoundedBarley

Barley

BaladiSouriAbou ChawkehKalb El-Tair

JlotDalTelianiAyrouniLolio Del LIBANO

Table 12-1. Released varieties during the reporting period (01/Jan/2012 and 30/Jun 2014

Name of crop Name of cultivarYear of releaseTypeImportant characteristicsWheatTal Amara 32013Improved varietyCharacterized by high quality of seeds and used for the manufacture of Bourghol and pastaWheatBerdawni2013Improved varietyResistance to rust and lodging and used for the manufacture of Bourghol and pastaWheatLahen 32013Improved varietyHigh productivity, resistance to rust and used for the manufacture of Bourghol and pasta WheatGhzayel2013Improved varietyHigh productivity, resistance to rust of wheat

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