Duplicate seed consignment for delivery
A consignment of wheat seed samples undergoing final preparations for shipment to the USDA's National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation (NCGRP) at Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Duplicates of the accessions in CIMMYT's germplasm bank are prepared and sent to partner banks as backups in case of disaster. This shipment, sent in December 2009, contained 76,756 accessions.
Photo credit: CIMMYT.
For more information, see CIMMYT's blog story at: blog.cimmyt.org/?p=2673.
Duplicate seed consignment for delivery
A consignment of wheat seed samples undergoing final preparations for shipment to the USDA's National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation (NCGRP) at Fort Collins, Colorado, USA. Duplicates of the accessions in CIMMYT's germplasm bank are prepared and sent to partner banks as backups in case of disaster. This shipment, sent in December 2009, contained 76,756 accessions.
Photo credit: CIMMYT.
For more information, see CIMMYT's blog story at: blog.cimmyt.org/?p=2673.