Remarks
The Federal ex situ Genebank for agricultural and horticultural crops of the IPK Gatersleben forms an essential component for the implementation of both national and international policy on conservation and and sustainable utilization of plant genetic resources. The Genebank Information System (https://www.ipk-gatersleben.de/en/research/genebank) GBIS maps all processes and documents information related to conservation management and the distribution of material. In addition GBIS represents and interface for exchange of data with national and international databases.