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Research Project: Curation and Research to Safeguard and Expand Collections of Plant and Microbial Genetic Resources and Associated Descriptive Information

Location: Agricultural Genetic Resources Preservation Research

Title: Introduction to Crop Germplasm Committees: An opportunity to have an impact on crop collections in the USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm System

Author
item Volk, Gayle

Submitted to: American Society of Horticulture Science Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: 6/6/2024
Publication Date: N/A
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Technical Abstract: The USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) maintains over 620,000 accessions of more than 200 crops at 22 sites around the United States. Most crop collections have Crop Germplasm Committees (CGC) that provide guidance to the curator with regard to vulnerabilities, acquisitions, maintenance, genotypic characterization, phenotypic evaluations and distribution. CGCs welcome new members to improve the quality and impact of the NPGS collections.