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CIRAD banana collection in Guadeloupe © CIRAD
ARCAD
ARCAD is a structure to safeguard and ensure access to tropical and Mediterranean crop resources for research and training purposes.
It provides conservation and reception services and technology to characterize and analyse genetic diversity.
More info on the ARCAD-Florilege website
Biological resource centres (BRCs) in metropolitan France and the French overseas regions
CIRAD's BRCs aim to enrich their collections through new accessions, to conserve them under optimum conditions, and to make them available to interested parties.
GAMéT - seeds suited to Mediterranean and tropical conditions
GAMéT is the result of the merger of CIRAD's Tropical BRC and INRAE's Maize and Medicago BRCs. It is housed in the ARCAD building in Montpellier
https://umr-agap.cirad.fr/l-unite/centres-de-ressources-biologiques/crb-gamet-montpellier/contexte-et-enjeux
Tropical Plants BRC
This BRC assembles CIRAD and INRAE collections of crop and related species from Guadeloupe and Martinique: pineapple, banana, sugarcane, fruit trees and yam, plus an internationally recognized herbarium.
http://florilege.arcad-project.org/fr/crb/plantes-tropicales/collection-ananas
Vatel BRC
The Vatel BRC in Réunion assembles three crop collections: vanilla, tropical garlic, and little-used vegetables.
http://florilege.arcad-project.org/fr/crb/vatel/collection-vanille
Tree Crop BRC
The Tree Crop BRC in French Guiana assembles CIRAD coffee, cocoa and rubber collections.
http://florilege.arcad-project.org/fr/crb/plantes-perennes-guyane/collection-cacaoyers
Coffea BRC
The Coffeea BRC in Réunion assembles wild coffee varieties from Africa, Mauritius, Mayotte and Réunion held by CIRAD and IRD.
http://florilege.arcad-project.org/fr/crb/coffea/crb-coffea
Citrus BRC
The Citrus BRC, in which CIRAD is a partner, is the leading European and Mediterranean collection.
http://florilege.arcad-project.org/fr/crb/citrus