Field Survey and Collection of Leguminous Genetic Resources and Their Root Nodules on Tanegashima, Yakushima, and Amami Oshima Islands in Japan in 2021
We conducted a field survey to collect leguminous genetic resources, such as Vigna marina, Vigna reflexo-pilosa and their symbiotic rhizobia, on Tanegashima, Yakushima, and Amami Oshima Islands in the Kagoshima Prefecture, Japan, from September 26 to October 1, 2021. As a result of the field survey, 22 accessions of V. marina, 3 accessions of V. reflexo-pilosa, and 2 accessions of other leguminous crops were collected. Notably, the V. reflexo-pilosa accessions of Amami Oshima Island were the first northmost collection for the National Agriculture and Food Research Organization (NARO) Genebank. A total of 27 root nodules were collected from V. marina and V. reflexo-pilosa to isolate their symbiotic rhizobia. All the collected materials were conserved at the NARO Genebank of Japan. Multiple seeds will become available upon request for research, breeding, and educational purposes.