Institute of plant genetics

The Institute of Plant Genetics (IGV), National Research Council, is officially located in Bari and has four different Divisions, located in Portici, Palermo, Florence and Perugia. IGV started its activities on November 2002, when Prof. Luigi Monti was nominated general director of the Institute. In the framework of the new CNR National Research Network, IGV is the result of the fusion of five former Institutes, operating in the field of Plant Genetics and Breeding, namely Germplasm Institute – Bari; the Institute of Forest Tree Breeding - Florence, Research Institute of Ornamental and Vegetable Plant Breeding -Portici, Research Institute for Citrus Genetics, Palermo; Research Institute for Grass and Fodder Crop Breeding - Perugia. The five Institutes had a long-standing experience in the field of collections and management of plant genetic resources, genetic improvement of fruit trees, vegetable, grass and forestry, of particular economic interest to Italian agricultural system. The new Institute is a competitive research structure, based on scientific homogeneity and wide expertise in the pipeline from basic research to technology transfer in agriculture, in one of the most strategic field of the Italian scientific network, that includes also Academic Institutes, Experimental Institutes of the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, ENEA