Melissa Scholten Melissa Scholten shows the process of germinating seeds at the the Western Regional Plant Introduction Station …
Beta Seed Germination at WRPIS
Tag: genebank
CGIAR Genebanks Diversity for Use
CGIAR CGIAR’s 11 genebanks conserve and make available more than 700,000 accessions of over 3,000 plant species. These …
Phaseolus Seed Cleaning at WRPIS
Jason Newell Jason Newell shows the complete process of cleaning tepary beans (Phaseolus acutifolius) at the Western Regional …
Seed Storage and Distribution at WRPIS
Lisa Taylor Join Lisa Taylor for a tour of the seed storage and distribution facilities at the Western …
Tepary Beans and Other Drought-Tolerant Beans at WRPIS
Sarah Dohle Dr. Sarah Dohle, bean curator at the Western Regional Plant Introduction Station (WRPIS), discusses tepary beans …
Tour the WRPIS Collections
Marilyn Warburton, Alex Cornwall, Paul Galewski, Brian Irish, Britton Bourland, Sarah Dohle Meet the curators and other experts …
USDA gene bank safeguards vital genetic materials for our food supply
Ellen Mahoney, KUNC KUNC interviews Dr. Daren Harmel and Dr. Hannah Tetreault, scientists at the USDA-ARS National Laboratory …
Preserving Papua New Guinea’s Sweetpotato Diversity
Crop Trust, Birte Komolong (NARI) Sweetpotato has been a vital crop in Papua New Guinea for over 400 …
Seed Diversity in the Consolidation Age
Treena Hein, Seed World This article discusses widespread efforts to conserve plant genetic diversity in the face of …
Regenerating the Cucurbita pepo Collection
Kathy Reitsma Cucurbits or gourds are a large group and are maintained across 4 different facilities in the …