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Plant Exchange Office
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Mission

The Plant Exchange Office Unit (PEOU) develops methods to prioritize U.S. germplasm needs, procures plant germplasm through international and domestic exchanges, arranges for and participate in international and domestic plant explorations, and develops in situ maintenance programs for crop plants and their wild relatives.

Plant Inventory Books

Ned Garvey, Botanist with the PEO, discusses a collection mission with a future collector at BARC's Field Day 2010

 

 

Address

Plant Exchange Office Unit
USDA, ARS, BA, PSI, NGRL 
BARC-West; Bldg. 003; Rm. 329
10300 Baltimore Avenue
Beltsville, MD  20705