The USDA sounded first alarm over the loss of important germplasm around the world
In 1936, the USDA’s 1936 and 1937 Yearbooks of Agriculture not only sound the first alarm over the loss of important germplasm around the world, but also are the first – and last – major efforts to catalog the genetic diversity available in the U.S.
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Source: U.S. Dept. of Agriculture
Credit: PDF: Overview of the U.S. National Plant Germplasm System’sExploration Program, 2005.
