Meeting with the Governing Bodies of the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources of Ukraine, the Plant Production Institute named after V.YA. Yuriev of NAAS and National Coordinators on Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) of European Countries

On May 2, 2022, an on-line meeting with the governing bodies of the National Center for Plant Genetic Resources of Ukraine, the Plant Production Institute named after V.Ya. Yuriev of NAAS, National Coordinators on Plant Genetic Resources (PGR) of European countries (Frank Begemann (Germany), Jens Weibull (Sweden), and Wieslaw Podima (Poland)) and supervisors of the European Cooperative Program for Plant Genetic Resources (Lorenzo Maggioni and Imke Thormann) was held. They appreciated the global importance of Ukraine's genetic resources and the contribution of the Plant Gene Bank of Ukraine to the European fund, expressed concern over the statuses of scientists and PGR and readiness to seek ways to provide technical and humanitarian support to the National Plant Gene Bank of Ukraine.