The fruit gene bank in Érd opens its gates

The fruit gene bank of the National Agricultural Research and Innovation Center’s (NAIK) Fruit Production Research Institute opens its gates – NAIK’s Director-General announced on Wednesday.

Gyuricza Csaba in the orchard of Elvira major in Érd said that such a large gene bank collection was the first to welcome visitors.
The Director-General also pointed out that the activities of gene banks have implications for the whole of Hungarian agriculture and for changes, due to climate change. (MTI)