The Importance of Modernizing the Gene Banks with Dr. Marilyn Warburton

In this episode, USDA-ARS's Dr. Marilyn Warburton discusses the importance of the major U.S. gene bank on WSU's campus that contains over 100,000 accessions of 5,200 crops and plants. Resources: Plant Germplasm Introduction and Testing Research: Pullman, WA: ars.usda.gov/pacific-west-area/pullman-wa/plant-germplasm-introduction-and-testing-research/ Agricultural Genetic Resources Preservation Research: Fort Collins, CO: .ars.usda.gov/plains-area/fort-collins-co/center-for-agricultural-resources-research/ USDA-ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN): ars-grin.gov Contact information: Marilyn Warburton, [email protected], ars.usda.gov/people-locations/person?person-id=57100 Episode transcription: smallgrains.wsu.edu/wbp174