Ogrod Botaniczny Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roslin w Radzikowie

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Poland - kujawsko-pomorskie - Bydgoszcz

Institution Code: BYDGZ

BGCI Member: No

About the Ogrod Botaniczny Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roslin w Radzikowie

Scientific activity is coordinated by National Centre for Plant Genetic Resources of PBAI at Radzików. Since 1971 collection, evaluation and preservation of grass genetic resources is the key activity of Botanical Garden. It is framed in ECP/GR (European Cooperative Programme for Crop Genetic Resources Networks) coordinated by Bioversity International (formerly International Plant Genetic Resources Institute – IPGRI) in Rome. Since 1994 genetic resources activities were spread over dicotyledonous species used for different purposes (aromatic, medicinal, decorative, reclamation, etc.).

Main Address:
Ogrod Botaniczny Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roslin w Radzikowie
Botanical Garden of the Plant Breeding and Acclimatization Institution
ul. Jezdziecka 5,
Bydgoszcz
kujawsko-pomorskie 85-687 Poland

Telephone: 48 523 813 193
Fax:
URL: www.ihar.edu.pl
Primary Email: obihar@poczta.onet.pl

Staff Details

  • Director's Name: dr inż. Włodzimierz Majtkowski
    Curator's Name:
    Plant Records Officer's Name:
  • Total Staff:
    Horticultural Staff Number: 1
    Educational Staff Number:
    Research Staff Number: 5
    Administration Staff Number: 1

About the Garden

  • Institution Type: Botanic Garden
  • Status
  • Status: Private: No
    Status: State: Yes
    Status: Educational: Yes
    Status: Municipal: No
    Status: Satellite: No
    Status: Trust: No
  • Date founded: 1977
  • Physical Data
  • Natural Vegetation Area: No
  • Landscaped Area: No
  • Total Area: 6 Hectares
    Latitude: 53.1683
    Longitude: 18.0470
    Annual Rainfall: 551 mm
    Altitude: 93.00 Metres
    Total area of glasshouses: 540 Metres
  • Locality: Information
  • Locality: Garden Name: Ogród Botaniczny, Krajowe Centrum Roślinnych Zasobów Genowych, Instytut Hodowli i Aklimatyzacji Roślin, Państwowy Instytut Badawczy
  • Local Address: ul. Jeździecka 5 85-687 Bydgoszcz
  • Locality: City: Bydgoszcz
  • Locality: State: Polska

Features and Facilities

  • Herbarium: Yes
    Herbarium: Number of Specimens: 10000
    Arboretum: No
  • Micropropagation/ Tissue Culture Facilities: No
    Seed Bank: No
    Published Plant Catalogue: Yes
    Computer Plant Record System: No
  • Open to public: Yes
    Friends society: No
    Retail Outlet: Shop: No
    Retail Outlet: Plant Sales: No
    Disabled access: No
  • Number of Visitors: 1000

Plant Collections

  • Cultivation Taxa Num: 4500
  • Special Collections:Grasses: food, decorative and for special purposes. Agricultural, horticultural, medicinal and decorative plants. Greenhouse plants. Maintains a seed bank with long-term storage capacity, containing 21,700 accessions representing 21 species (1994 figures)

Conservation Programmes

  • Conservation Programme: Yes
    Medicinal Plant Programme: No
    Ex Situ Conservation Programme: Yes
    Reintroduction Programme: No

Research Programmes

  • Biotechnology: No
    Plant Breeding: Yes
    Conservation - Biology: No
    Conservation - Genetics: Yes
    Data Management Systems and Information Technology: Yes
    Ecology: No
    Ecosystem Conservation: No
    Education: Yes
    Ethnobotany: No
    Exploration: Yes
    Floristics: No
    Horticulture: Yes
    Invasive Species Biology and Control: Yes
    Molecular Genetics: No
    Pollination Biology: No
    Restoration Ecology: No
    Seed/Spore Biology: No
    Systematics and Taxonomy: No
    Sustainability: No
    Pharmacology: No
    Agriculture: Yes
    Land Restoration: No
    Urban Environments: No

Education Programmes

  • Visitor/Education Centre: No
    Education Signs in Garden: No
    Public Lectures/Talks: No
    Education Booklets/Leaflets: No
    Guided Tours: No
    Permanent Public Displays: No
    Special Exhibitions: No
    Courses for School Children: No
    Courses for University/College Students: No
    Courses for General Public: No
    Education Programme: No