2018 ASHS Annual Conference

In 1990, the U.S. Congress authorized establishment of a National Genetic Resources Program (NGRP) to: acquire, characterize, preserve, document, and distribute to scientists, germplasm of all lifeforms important for food and agricultural production. The National Plant germplasm System (NPGS) maintains about 600,000 seed samples and distributes almost 250,000 accessions annually to both foreign and domestic researchers. The GRIN-Global Public Website entered into production in 2015 and contains descriptor information on available accessions to aid end users in choosing the best material to order for their breeding and research needs. This workshop is a hands-on tutorial on using GRIN-Global to search and download information on plant genetic resources from the US National Plant Germplasm System.