Katheryn Chen and Gayle Volk Temperate woody plants naturally form buds that enter a state of dormancy in …
Dormant Buds for Long-term Preservation
Tag: USDA
An Introduction to Plant Clonal Cryopreservation
Jennifer Kendall, Katheryn Chen, and Gayle Volk Cryopreservation is a technology that allows genebanks to preserve plant genetic …
The Malus Domestica Detectives
Science Friday In this Science Friday segment, host Ira Flatow interviews Shaun Shepherd (Temperate Orchard Conservancy) and …
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 …
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 …
National Plant Germplasm System: Conserving Crop Genetic Resources in the U.S.
Katheryn Chen and Peter Bretting The National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) is the network of USDA genebanks that …
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 …
World’s Largest Potato Gene Bank
PBS Wisconsin The Wisconsin Gardner host, Shelley Ryan, interviews USDA’s Dr. John Bamburg, to discuss the diverse potato …
Conserving Plant Diversity
Chris Richards The USDA National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation (NLGRP) in Fort Collins, Colorado secures collections of …
Storing Precious Seed
Stephanie Greene The USDA National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation (NLGRP) in Fort Collins, Colorado secures collections of …