1. Collection
Registered Number 77
Acronym WAC
Full Name Department of Agriculture Western Australia Plant Pathogen Collection
Institution Department of Agriculture Western Australia
2. Correspondent
Correspondent M. Eyres
Postal Address Baron-Hay Court,South Perth,Western Australia,6151
Country Australia
Telephone 1 (61) 8-93683817
Telephone 2 (61) 8-93683264
Fax 1 (61) 8-93683945
E-mail 1 neyres@agric.wa.gov.au
E-mail 2 edavison@agric.wa.gov.au
3. Status of the collection
Status Governmental
4. Sponsors and budget
Sponsor Department of Agriculture Western Australia
5. Personnel
Director S. Kumar
Curator M Eyres(Preservation)
M. Sweetingham(Rhizoctonia)
E. Davison(Oomycetes)
P. Wood(General Mycology)
R.A.C Jones(Virology)
Shashi Sharma(Nematology)
Number of Staff Assistants(1)
6. Main Subjects
Subjects Agriculture
Plant pathology
General microbiology
Culture and preservation methods
Freeze drying
7. Preservation
Method and category of cultures Freeze-dry(Fungi, Bacteria)
Liquid N2(Rusts, Smuts)
Subculturing(Oomycetes)
Number of Strains Strain Name total country
Bacteria 379 379
Fungi 8000 7500
Viruses: plants 200 200
Deposit Mainly to collections in our country
Source(s) of strains for people in this country: isolated by or introduced from From the collections in our country
8. Availability of Cultures
Availability Fee for Standard price for all AUS $65.00
9. Catalogue
Catalogue Catalogue Computerized
10. Services
Services Storage services(Fungi, Bacteria,Virus.)
Consulation about Preservation
Plant quarantine
11. Entry and Update Dates
Date of Entry 1981-10-20
Date of Reply 2004-05-27
12. Strains
bact fungi