Crop Trust Genebanks conserve and make available the crop diversity needed to adapt our agriculture to present and …
The Journey of a Seed in a Genebank
Tag: plant genetic resources
ISBER Best Practices: Recommendations for Repositories – 5th Edition
International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) This manual presents the most effective practices for the management …
The U.S. National Plant Germplasm System – An Overview (6 min)
USDA The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service operates a genebank network designed to protect crucial plant germplasm. This …
Climate change impacts management of genebanks and botanic gardens
Gayle M. Volk, Tara L. Moreau This eBook chapter describes how genebanks and botanic gardens are conserving plant genetic …
Plant breeding for climate change: Opportunities for adaptation and mitigation
Patrick F. Byrne This eBook chapter summarizes the past, present, and future use of plant genetic resources in plant …
The need for plant genetic resource collections in a climate change context
Gayle M. Volk, Tara L. Moreau This eBook chapter introduces the concept of plant collections and their importance in …
Importance of plants for mitigating and adapting to the effects of climate change
Gayle M. Volk, Patrick F. Byrne, Tara L. Moreau This eBook chapter presents information to understand and describe how …
Climate change impacts agricultural productivity and food security
Tara L. Moreau, A. Scott Denning, Patrick F. Byrne, Gayle M. Volk This ebook chapter identifies and explains some …
Conserving and Using Climate-Ready Plant Collections
Gayle M. Volk, Tara L. Moreau, Patrick F. Byrne This eBook provides chapters to introduce climate change and its impacts …
Univ. of Illinois Online Course on Crop Germplasm Resources
Dr. Erik Sacks This graduate-level course (2 credits) covers the collection, curation, and use of plant genetic resources for …