In recent years, several national fruit gene banks have been established in the temperate zone as a response to decreased diversity in the assortments used in pomological research and production. Due to limited funding, one of the important challenges facing these gene banks is to select nationally representative material and to create cost-effective programs of conservation. In addition, we argue that gene banks can substantially increase the value of their collections by systematic evaluation of the material, using traditional and modern methods. If the accessions are carefully described and their traits well documented, their usage in commercial production, product development and research is facilitated. For example, gene banks can assist future breeding programs through helping to create saturated gene linkage maps for important fruit species and by adding descriptions of non-horticultural traits such as the content of phytochemical substances. In this review article, we discuss fruit gene bank management and highlight important areas of research for curators. Black currant, sea buckthorn and blue honey suckle are used to illustrate the importance of phytochemical mapping.

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2012 - T.19
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2011 - T.18
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2010 - T.17
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2009 - T.16
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2008 - T.15
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2007 - T.14
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2006
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2005
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2004
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2003
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2002
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2001
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