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The U.S. National Plant Germplasm System

The U.S. National Plant Germplasm System

  • Publisher: National Academies Press
  • ISBN: 9780309043908
  • eISBN Pdf: 9780309572064
  • Place of publication:  United States
  • Year of digital publication: 1990
  • Month: January
  • Pages: 191
  • Language: English

In the United States, the critical task of preserving our plant genetic resources is the responsibility of the National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS).

NPGS undergoes a thorough analysis in this book, which offers wide-ranging recommendations for equipping the agency to better meet U.S. needs—and lead international conservation efforts.

The book outlines the importance and status of plant genetic conservation and evaluates NPGS's multifaceted operations. Two options for revamping NPGS within the U.S. Department of Agriculture are included.

  • Managing Global Genetic Resources
  • Copyright
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • Executive Summary
    • GERMPLASM: A RESOURCE AND A RESPONSIBILITY
    • AN OVERVIEW OF THE SYSTEM
      • Collections and Facilities
      • Support for the System
    • LEADERSHIP AND ADVISORY FUNCTIONS
    • FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS
      • Administration
        • Options for Achieving National Coordination
        • Advisory Groups
      • Germplasm Acquisition and Collections
      • Facilities and Personnel
      • The Mission of the National System
        • International Policies and Cooperation
      • Information Management
      • Research
  • 1 Managing Crop Genetic Resources
    • GERMPLASM AND GERMPLASM COLLECTIONS
    • PRESERVING PLANT GERMPLASM
    • THE CHALLENGES OF CONSERVING AND MANAGING PLANT GERMPLASM
    • STRUCTURE OF A GERMPLASM MANAGEMENT PROGRAM
      • The Diversity and Size of Collections
      • Management and Global Responsibility
    • PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES
      • The Foundation of Crop Improvement
      • Importance to Society and the Environment
      • International Exchange
    • ORIGINS OF THE NATIONAL SYSTEM
      • Development of Germplasm Activities in the United States
      • Emergence of the NPGS
  • 2 Elements of the National Plant Germplasm System
    • GENETIC RESOURCES IN THE UNITED STATES
    • ACQUISITION
      • Plant Introduction Office
      • Plant Exploration
      • National Plant Germplasm Quarantine Center
      • Interregional Research Project-2
    • CONSERVATION
      • Active Collections
        • Regional Plant Introduction Stations
        • National Clonal Germplasm Repositories
        • Interregional Research Project-1
        • National Small Grains Collection
        • Other Crop Collections
        • Genetic Stock Collections
        • National Arboretum
      • Base Collections
        • National Seed Storage Laboratory
        • Vegetatively Propagated Germplasm
    • MANAGEMENT
      • Seed Viability Testing
      • Regeneration and Multiplication
      • Distribution
      • Characterization and Evaluation
      • Documentation
    • UTILIZATION
      • Colleges, Universities, and the National System
      • Private Industry and the NPGS
    • PLANT GERMPLASM ACTIVITIES OUTSIDE THE NATIONAL SYSTEM
      • Botanical Gardens and Arboreta
      • Nongovernmental Activities and Private Collections
  • 3 Administration of the National System
    • THE NPGS IN THE U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE
      • The Agricultural Research Service
        • System of Personnel Classification and Promotion
      • The Cooperative State Research Service
      • State Agricultural Experiment Stations
      • Other USDA Cooperators
    • ADVISERS TO THE SYSTEM
      • The National Plant Genetic Resources Board
      • The National Plant Germplasm Committee
      • The Crop Advisory Committees
      • Technical Committees and Technical Advisory Committees
      • The Plant Germplasm Operations Committee
  • 4 Prescription for Effectiveness
    • ACHIEVING A NATIONALLY MANAGED SYSTEM
      • Creation of a Reorganized System Outside the ARS
      • Elevation of the NPGS within ARS
    • CHANGES IN THE ADVISORY STRUCTURE
    • GERMPLASM ACQUISITION AND COLLECTIONS
      • Plant Exploration
      • The Plant Introduction Office
      • Quarantine
      • National Collections
      • Crop Curators
      • Base Collections
      • A Special Collections
      • Genetic Stocks
      • Establishing Core Subsets
      • Cooperation with Other Collections
      • In Situ Conservation
    • FACILITIES AND PERSONNEL
      • National Seed Storage Laboratory
      • External Review
      • Location
      • New Facilities
      • Staffing
      • Training
      • Classification and Promotion
    • THE MISSION OF THE NATIONAL SYSTEM
      • International Policies and Cooperation
    • INFORMATION MANAGEMENT
      • Completion of the Database
      • Passport and Descriptor Data
      • Accessibility of Data
    • RESEARCH
      • Research Agenda
      • Program Review
      • Promoting Research
    • CONCLUSION
  • References
  • Glossary
  • Abbreviations
  • Authors
  • Index

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