National Laboratory for Genetic Resource Preservation Archives

Gayle Volk, USDA ARS National Laboratory for Genetic Resources Preservation, United States The USDA-ARS National Plant Germplasm System has over 30,000 clonally maintained accessions within its field, screenhouse, greenhouse, and tissue culture collections. These fruit, nut, tuber, and bulb crop collections are usually not duplicated at secondary locations and are vulnerable to biotic, abiotic, and climatic threats. Only about 15% of […]

National Laboratory for Genetic Resource Preservation

IMLS Seed Longevity Study: Researching the Aging of Rare Plant Seeds

RIN-vigorating Frozen Plants: Early Results from CPC’s Seed Longevity Study Exploring Germination and RNA Integrity (RIN)

A Study for the Ages

Reaping what we’ve sown: Using long-term seed collections for novel seed conservation research

Cryopreserving Clonal Crops: Increasing Processing Efficiency in Genebanks

If your plants don’t have records, do they exist? San Diego Zoo Global

Collecting and Conserving

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