start-ver=1.4 cd-journal=joma no-vol=60 cd-vols= no-issue=5 article-no= start-page=461 end-page=468 dt-received= dt-revised= dt-accepted= dt-pub-year=2010 dt-pub=201012 dt-online= en-article= kn-article= en-subject= kn-subject= en-title= kn-title=NBRP, National Bioresource Project of Japan and plant bioresource management en-subtitle= kn-subtitle= en-abstract= kn-abstract=The National BioResource Project has been organized and established to promote research activities using valuable bioresources. A total of twenty-eight bioresources for ten animals, nine plants and nine microorganisms/cell lines developed or collected in Japan were selected for the project. Resources are categorized into several different groups in the project; genetic resources, germplasm, genome resources and their information. Choices of how many resources must be preserved and maintained and in which categories are dependent on the status of the research community of each organism. These resources, if utilized systematically and intelligently, are powerful means for leading new scientific discoveries. Some examples can be seen in this paper. This paper reviews plant bioresources with the main focus on rice resource activities within the project. en-copyright= kn-copyright= en-aut-name=KurataNori en-aut-sei=Kurata en-aut-mei=Nori kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=1 ORCID= en-aut-name=SatohHikaru en-aut-sei=Satoh en-aut-mei=Hikaru kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=2 ORCID= en-aut-name=KitanoHidemi en-aut-sei=Kitano en-aut-mei=Hidemi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=3 ORCID= en-aut-name=NagatoYasuo en-aut-sei=Nagato en-aut-mei=Yasuo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=4 ORCID= en-aut-name=EndoTakashi en-aut-sei=Endo en-aut-mei=Takashi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=5 ORCID= en-aut-name=SatoKazuhiro en-aut-sei=Sato en-aut-mei=Kazuhiro kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=6 ORCID= en-aut-name=AkashiRyo en-aut-sei=Akashi en-aut-mei=Ryo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=7 ORCID= en-aut-name=EzuraHiroshi en-aut-sei=Ezura en-aut-mei=Hiroshi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=8 ORCID= en-aut-name=KusabaMakoto en-aut-sei=Kusaba en-aut-mei=Makoto kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=9 ORCID= en-aut-name=KobayashiMasatomo en-aut-sei=Kobayashi en-aut-mei=Masatomo kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=10 ORCID= en-aut-name=NitasakaEiji en-aut-sei=Nitasaka en-aut-mei=Eiji kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=11 ORCID= en-aut-name=KasaiFumie en-aut-sei=Kasai en-aut-mei=Fumie kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=12 ORCID= en-aut-name=YamazakiYukiko en-aut-sei=Yamazaki en-aut-mei=Yukiko kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=13 ORCID= en-aut-name=YoshimuraAtsushi en-aut-sei=Yoshimura en-aut-mei=Atsushi kn-aut-name= kn-aut-sei= kn-aut-mei= aut-affil-num=14 ORCID= affil-num=1 en-affil= kn-affil=Res Org Informat & Syst, Genet Strains Res Ctr, Natl Inst Genet affil-num=2 en-affil= kn-affil=Kyushu Univ, Fac Agr, Inst Genet Resources affil-num=3 en-affil= kn-affil=Nagoya Univ, Biosci & Biotechnol Ctr affil-num=4 en-affil= kn-affil=Univ Tokyo, Grad Sch Agr & Life Sci affil-num=5 en-affil= kn-affil=Kyoto Univ, Genet Lab, Grad Sch Agr affil-num=6 en-affil= kn-affil=Okayama Univ, Inst Plant Sci & Resources, Barley & Wild Plant Resource Ctr affil-num=7 en-affil= kn-affil=Miyazaki Univ, Frontier Sci Res Ctr affil-num=8 en-affil= kn-affil=Univ Tsukuba, Grad Sch Life & Environm Sci, Ctr Gene Res affil-num=9 en-affil= kn-affil=Hiroshima Univ, Grad Sch Sci affil-num=10 en-affil= kn-affil=RIKEN BioResource Ctr affil-num=11 en-affil= kn-affil=Kyushu Univ, Grad Sch Sci affil-num=12 en-affil= kn-affil=Natl Inst Environm Studies, Div Environm Biol affil-num=13 en-affil= kn-affil=Res Org Informat & Syst, Ctr Genet Resources Informat, Natl Inst Genet affil-num=14 en-affil= kn-affil=Kyushu Univ, Fac Agr, Plant Breeding Lab en-keyword=NBRP kn-keyword=NBRP en-keyword=plant bioresources kn-keyword=plant bioresources en-keyword=germplasm kn-keyword=germplasm en-keyword=line/strain/accession kn-keyword=line/strain/accession en-keyword=rice kn-keyword=rice END