Abstract
Work to set up the Active Germplasm Bank at the IAC began in 1973, with the introduction of peach palm accessions from Brazilian Amazonia, Costa Rica and Peru. New accessions were acquired in the 1980s, mainly of spineless peach palm from the Yurimaguas region of Peru, sent by INPA. The third and last prospecting expedition to the Yurimaguas was made in 1990, with the introduction of seed…