MOSCOW, Idaho — The University of Idaho’s Seed Potato Germplasm Program has started to operate a new cryopreservation unit in which liquid nitrogen vapor freezes seed potato tissue for long-term ...
As the new director of University of Idaho’s Seed Potato Germplasm Program, Kayla Spawton oversees a modern, new facility and holds a position that is essential to one of the state’s largest and most ...
MOSCOW — The University of Idaho’s College of Agricultural and Life Sciences hosted a grand opening of the new U of I Seed Potato Germplasm Laboratory at 1:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The program works to ...
The NPGS, a network of 22 genebanks primarily operated by USDA-ARS, often in strong partnership with land-grant universities, evaluates, characterizes and preserves unique germplasm collections, ...
The USDA’s National Clonal Germplasm Repository in Corvallis houses thousands of species of berries, tree fruits, nuts, hops and more. It’s one of a handful of national centers dedicated to preserving ...
WASHINGTON, November 17, 2023 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) released today the National Strategic Germplasm and Cultivar Collection Assessment and Utilization Plan in support of the ...
Synthetic seed technology represents a significant biotechnological advancement in plant science, enabling the encapsulation of explants—such as nodal segments, shoot tips or embryos—in a gelling ...