HISTORY
1981
PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES UNIT
Creation of Plant Genetic Resources Unit at Santa Catalina Experimental Station of INIAP
1981
COLLECTING THE FIRST ACCESSION OF AMARANTO
The first accession (ECU-001) was collected in the province of Cañar; then it continued with other crops such as quinoa, chocho, melloco, oca, mashua, white carrot, etc
1991
OFFICIAL CREATION OF THE NATIONAL DEPARTMENT OF PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES (DENAREF)
The Gene Bank for food and agriculture germplasm is formed through collection and conservation activities.
2024
GENE BANK IN ECUADOR
This gene bank currently preserves 29,000 accessions of cultivated plants and their wild relatives (of Andean origin and introduced) that are located in six experimental stations of INIAP.
