ISO/TS 23105:2021

TECHNICAL ISO/TS
SPECIFICATION 23105
First edition
2021-10
Biotechnology — Biobanking —
Requirements for the biobanking of
plant biological material for research
and development
Biotechnologie — Biobanking — Exigences relatives au biobanking
de matériels biologiques végétaux pour la recherche et le
développement
Reference number
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Contents Page
Foreword .iv
Introduction .v
1 Scope . 1
2 Normative references . 1
3 Terms and definitions . 1
4 General requirements . 3
5 Biological material collection .3
5.1 General . 3
5.2 Collection procedure . 3
5.3 Preparation of collection containers, tools, supplies, reagents and consumables . 4
5.4 Biological material traceability . 6
5.5 Collection . 6
6 Transport of biological material and associated data . 7
7 Preparation and preservation of biological material . 8
7.1 General . 8
7.2 Cutting, cleaning and bagging . 8
7.3 Desiccation . 9
7.4 Snap freezing and cryopreservation . 9
7.5 Fast or rapid drying . 9
7.5.1 General . 9
7.5.2 Drying with dried spots card . 10
7.5.3 Air-dried or oven-dried . 10
7.6 Grinding . 10
7.7 Biological material preservation in protective solution . 10
8 Storage of biological material .11
8.1 General . 11
8.2 Storage temperature . 11
8.3 Biological material multiplication . 11
8.4 Monitoring of biological material .12
9 Distribution and disposal of biological material .13
10 Information collection .13
Annex A (informative) Typical biological material storage temperatures and storage
durations .14
Annex B (informative) Exemplary information table for plant biological material .15
Bibliography .19
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Foreword
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Introduction
Biobanking of plant biological materials is fundamental for botanical and agro-ecosystem research,
sustainable crop development and production, ensuring genetic diversity and conservation. Biobank
biological material collection and accession management are strategic to optimizing plant genetic
resources. A plant biobank obtains its accessions in different ways, e.g. from donors (principally
researchers or breeders), by collecting the biological material from the field and by exchange with
other plant biobanks. Biological collections encompass numerous biological material types, including
frozen plant tissues, fluid preserved plant tissues or associated extracts or some or all of them. These
collections often require specialized experts to curate and assemble the collection. Appropriate
biological material processing and storage conditions are also needed to maintain high-quality
collections and maximize the potential of positive outcomes. This document provides guidance on how
to collect, process, store, track and distribute plant biological materials.
Standards are needed for the collection, preparation, preservation, transportation and storage of plant
biological materials for academic institutions, non-profit organizations and commercial agronomic
businesses. This document provides the specific requirements, guidelines and effective practices for
biobanking plant biological materials based on the current and available technological and scientific
knowledge.
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TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION ISO/TS 23105:2021(E)
Biotechnology — Biobanking — Requirements for the
biobanking of plant biological material for research and
development
1 Scope
This document specifies requirements for the collection, preparation, preservation, transportation,
storage, distribution and disposal of plant biological materials and associated data.
This document is applicable only to biological material that can be used for further processing of
biomolecules, e.g. nucleic acids, proteins and metabolites.
This document is applicable to all organizations performing plant biobanking for research and
development.
2 Normative references
The following documents are referred to in the text in such a way that some or all of their content
constitutes requirements of this document. For dated references, only the edition cited applies. For
undated references, the latest edition of the referenced document (including any amendments) applies.
ISO 20387:2018, Biotechnology — Biobanking — General requirements for biobanking
3 Terms and definitions
For the purposes of this document, the following terms and definitions apply.
ISO and IEC maintain terminology databases for use in standardization at the following addresses:
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3.1
associated data
any information affiliated with biological material (3.4) including but not limited to research,
phenotypic, clinical, epidemiologic, phytosanitary certificate and procedural data
Note 1 to entry: Associated data can include metadata.
[SOURCE: ISO 20387:2018, 3.3, modified — “phytosanitary certificate” and Note 1 to entry have been
added.]
3.2
biobank
legal entity or part of a legal entity that performs biobanking (3.3)
[SOURCE: ISO 20387:2018, 3.5]
3.3
biobanking
process of acquisitioning and storing, together with some or all of the activities related to collection,
preparation, preservation (3.9), testing, analysing and distributing defined biological material (3.4) as
well as related information and data
[SOURCE: ISO 20387:2018, 3.6]
3.4
biological material
plant as a whole, or any substance derived or part obtained from the plant
entity
3.5
dried spots card
card containing chemicals that lyse cells, denature proteins and protect nucleic acids from nucleases
as well as from oxidative and ultraviolet damage; can be used to process plant biological material (3.4)
homogenates
3.6
life cycle
consecutive and interlinked processes applied to biological material (3.4) and associated data (3.1) from
collection, if applicable, acquisition or reception to distribution, disposal or destruction
Note 1 to entry: This term refers to the biobanking (3.3) life cycle only.
[SOURCE: ISO 20387:2018, 3.29]
3.7
plant genetic resource
genetic material of plant origin, containing functional units of heredity (e.g. DNA or RNA), or elements
thereof (e.g. mRNA, mtDNA)
3.8
plant biobank
plant genetic resource
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