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Research Project: Efficient and Effective Preservation and Management of Plant and Microbial Genetic Resource Collections

Location: Agricultural Genetic Resources Preservation Research

Title: The USDA plant introduction program

Author
item Williams, Karen
item Volk, Gayle

Submitted to: Electronic Publication
Publication Type: Book / Chapter
Publication Acceptance Date: 4/10/2020
Publication Date: 4/10/2020
Citation: Williams, K., Volk, G.M. 2020. The USDA plant introduction program. In: Volk, G.M., Byrne, P., editors. Crop Wild Relatives in Genebanks. Fort Collins, Colorado: Colorado State University. Available: https://colostate.pressbooks.pub/cropwildrelatives/chapter/usda-plant-introduction-program/.

Interpretive Summary: Educational/training resources are being developed for topics related to plant genetic resources management and use. This is an ebook chapter that will be published in "Crop Wild Relatives and their Use in Plant Breeding". The purpose of this chapter is to provide information about the history of the USDA Plant Introduction Program, the current National Plant Germplasm System Exploration and Exchange Program, as well as some information about prominent USDA plant explorers. This ebook chapter is publicly available at: https://colostate.pressbooks.pub/cropwildrelatives/.

Technical Abstract: Educational/training resources are being developed for topics related to plant genetic resources management and use. This is an ebook chapter that will be published in "Crop Wild Relatives and their Use in Plant Breeding". The purpose of this chapter is to provide information about the history of the USDA Plant Introduction Program, the current National Plant Germplasm System Exploration and Exchange Program, as well as some information about prominent USDA plant explorers. This ebook chapter is publicly available at: https://colostate.pressbooks.pub/cropwildrelatives/.