Seed banks as an instrument for the conservation of socio-biodiversity

Abstract

Seed banks have proven to be efficient methodologies for the rescue and storage of creole seeds
that have long been passed down from generation to generation in family agriculture. The
objective of this work was to compare the most cultivated varieties, diseases, productivity and
forms of storage of creole seeds among the community seed banks of Sítio Cruz, Garanhuns
and Sítio Colônia, Jupí, in the Southern Agreste of Pernambuco. Through semi-structured
interviews directed to the members of the Banks of Sítio Cruz and Sítio Colônia, a form was
applied. The banks presented mainly varieties of: bean (Phaseolus vulgaris), maize (Zea mays
spp. Mays) and fava (Vicia faba), being the varieties of Rioja bean, rosy, black and ox lying the
most cultivated in the Colony Site. In Sítio Cruz are: bean being the pink, black and mulatto. In
relation to diseases, the anthracnose (Colletotrichum lindemuthianum) of the beans, with the
addition of white mold (Sclerotinia sclerotiorum) on the Cross Site and presence of caterpillars (Spodoptera frugiperda) on the ears of Corn in the Colony Site. As for storage, the Colony Site
has no pests. On the bank of Sítio Cruz, there is a report of weevil in the beans (Sitophilus
zeamais Mots.). Productivity, But for bean, which is the main crop, it was said in both cases
that it is between ½ to 3 bags / Ha and when in favorable conditions, the average is 10 bags /
ha. Therefore, beans are the culture most cultivated by the associates of the two banks, due to
their daily food usefulness and easy production outflow.