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- banc géine Reference an Ghníomhaireacht Eorpach Comhshaoil (GEC)
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- Genbank
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- Comment MISC: aus EG-Wörterverzeichnis.
- gene bank | genetic base
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- Definition storehouse of seeds or vegetative tissue, kept in low humidity and temperature, to help maintain genetic diversity; their contents mostly originate from a wide range of primitive strains and wild crop varieties. Reference "Institution: EEA; Title: GEMET - GEneral Multilingual Environmental Thesaurus; Publication Year: 1999; Publication Month: August; Volume No: 5. http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept?ns=1&cp=3613 [21.03.2013]"
- Comment "Gene banks are sometimes known as seed banks or germplasm banks. Gene banks are the subject of international controversy because they contain seeds that have mostly been acquired from the developing countries by the industrially rich countries, where they have been used in breeding programmes to develop new strains. Instead of taking decades over a traditional plant breeding programme by fertilization, it is now possible to manipulate directly the genes of plants, creating genetically modified organisms (GMOs), which are plants modified to give a higher resistance to disease and improved growth and yields and, therefore, increase the profit of the plant breeder and farmer. http://www.eionet.europa.eu/gemet/concept?ns=1&cp=3613 [21.03.2013]"