法国棉花及纺织纤维研究所(IRCT)基因库是世界上棉花种质资源较丰富的基因库之一。1978年以来,该所研究人员在亚、非、中南美及大洋洲20多个国家和地区收集了大量野生棉和半野生棉;并系统研究了野生棉利用问题。他们利用自己创造的三元杂种,育出了一批优良品种,在非洲推广面积较大。该所棉花种质的繁殖与保存较有成效,并对种质材料的分析、测试以及信息储存进行了系统的研究。 The French Cotton and Textile Fiber Research Institute (IRCT) Genebank is one of the richest gene banks in the world for cotton germplasm resources. Since 1978, the researchers collected a large amount of wild and semi-wild cotton in more than 20 countries and regions in Asia, Africa, Central and South America and Oceania. The utilization of wild cotton has been systematically studied. They use their own created ternary hybrids, breed a group of fine varieties, to promote a larger area in Africa. The cotton germplasm breeding and conservation more effective, and the germplasm analysis, testing and information storage system were studied.