Jennifer Kendall, Katheryn Chen, and Gayle Volk Cryopreservation is a technology that allows genebanks to preserve plant genetic resources on …
An Introduction to Plant Clonal Cryopreservation
Category: Collection Maintenance
Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture These genebank standards were published by FAO in 2013. They provide standards …
Active-site Seed Storage Management and Maintenance in Ames, Iowa, a U.S. National Plant Germplasm System Location
Forrest Douglass, Lisa Burke, Candice Gardner, Gayle Volk This eBook chapter provides an overview of some key germplasm …
Gene bank in Fort Collins stores millions of plant and animal samples
Rocky Mountain PBS This article and 6-minute video by Rocky Mountain PBS features the USDA National Laboratory for Genetic Resources …
Side by Side Amaranth Growout
David Brenner, Jesse Perrett, Forrest Douglass David Brenner, Amaranth Curator at NCRPIS, describes the process of growing plants side by …
Using Pollination Bags to Reduce Outcrossing in Grain Amaranth
David Brenner, Forrest Douglass, Jesse Perrett Amaranth curator David Brenner from Iowa State University and the North Central Regional Plant …
Amaranth Seed Maturity
David Brenner, Jesse Perrett, Forrest Douglass David Brenner at the North Central Regional Plant Introduction Station teaches about shattering and …
Chenopodium seed scarification
David Brenner, Forrest Douglass This unique method for scarifying Chenopodium seeds was developed in Ames, Iowa, and uses a sharpening …
National Plant Germplasm System: Conserving Crop Genetic Resources in the U.S. – Spanish
Katheryn Chen and Peter Bretting The National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) is the network of USDA genebanks that …
Evaluating Maize Regeneration Lifespan
Vivian Bernau, Mark Millard, David Peters Regenerating germplasm is the most risky operation in genebank management, yet also the most …