Plant genetic resources collections and associated information as baseline resource for genetic diversity studies – an assessment of the IBPGR-supported collections Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution Thormann I, Fiorino E, Halewood M, Engels JMM Bioversity International, i.thormann@cgiar.org Supplementary Table S3: IBPGR-supported collecting missions during which Pennisetum Rich. samples were collected and subsequently conserved at PGRC, holding a global base collection of Pennisetum as part of the IBPGR RBC Collecting mission numbera Country of collectinga Year of collectinga CN383 CN441 CN28 CN202 CN329 CN30 CN305 CN392A1 CN17 CN218 CN18 CN440 CN403 CN150 CN201B CN19 CN29 CN457 CN338 CN439A CN199 CN22 CN23 CN376B CN418 Algeria Algeria Benin Botswana Botswana Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Burkina Faso Cameroon Cameroon Central Africa Chad Congo Malawi Malawi Mali Mali Mali Mauritania Mauritania Mozambique Niger Niger Niger Niger 1984 1988 1978 1980 1985 1981 1984 1985 1975 1979 1975 1987 1987 1979 1980 1975 1978 1988 1984 1987 1981 1976 1975 1985 1986 Total number of Pennisetum samples collecteda 40 12 148 47 17 221 101 116 150 6 62 42 12 289 22 407 445 35 70 17 15 403 349 26 17 Number of samples with location informationa 40 12 148 47 17 211 80 116 150 6 60 42 12 285 0 329 435 35 70 17 15 403 342 24 17 Number of accessions conserved in the PGRC 38 9d 93 45 17 20 76 112 140 6 58 18 12 242 22 321 393 0 32 0 13 382 18 0 0 Number of accessions conserved in the USDA NPGSb,c 40 Number of accessions conserved in ICRISATb, c Number of accessions conserved in the IRDb 148 45 17 194 208 138 150 60 60 116 12 289 329 291 329 407 70 13 24 9 12 375 20 2 403 342 9 CN42 Nigeria CN433A1 Oman CN21 Senegal CN68 Somalia CN109A1 Sudan CN110 Sudan CN27 Togo CN204 Yemen CN208 Yemen CN201A Zambia CN209 Zambia CN388 Zambia CN427F Zambia CN211 Zimbawbe CN373 Zimbawbe CN427A Zimbawbe Total number of accessions a 1976 1987 1976 1979 1977 1981 1977 1980 1980 1980 1981 1984 1987 1982 1985 1987 119 8 278 3 86 6 132 19 19 27 110 21 2 129 364 16 4,408 119 8 241 3 37 6 127 19 18 27 99 16 2 109 321 12 4,077 119 8 223 2 69 5 94 13+1 5+13 18 75 16 1 125 323 11 2,894+294=3188 7 119 13 228 2 241 1 95 1 13 27 95 10 323 12 567 67 350 2,687 2,462 Collecting mission number, country of collecting, year of collecting, total number of samples collected and number of samples for which geographical coordinates were available were extracted from the Bioversity Collecting Database b Number of accessions originating from the same collecting missions and conserved at ICRISAT, the NPGS of the USDA and the French IRD. c Like the PGRC also holding global Pennisetum collections as part of the RBC d Numbers of accessions that have been identified as unique and original material only conserved at the PGRC are bolded.