Jim Frelichowski The National Cotton Germplasm Collection is maintained at the USDA-ARS Crop Germplasm Research facility in College …
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U.S. National Arboretum Herbarium Tour
Harlan Svoboda Learn all about the herbaria maintained at the U.S. National Arboretum in Washington, D.C. from curator …
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 …
Phenotyping Seeds: Traits of Interest to Enhance Management and Use of Genetic Resource Collections
Christina Walters In this recording by the International Plant Phenotyping Network, Dr. Christina Walters presents information on phenotyping seeds in …
Storing Precious Seed
Stephanie Greene The USDA National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation (NLGRP) in Fort Collins, Colorado secures collections of our nation’s …
Crop Wild Relatives in Genebanks
Gayle Volk and Patrick Byrne The purpose of this chapter is to provide information about the process of genebanking …