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 ...

Nearly half a million samples of plant and animal germplasm are tucked away at the Agricultural Research Service's National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation in Fort Collins, Colo. But ...

Biotechnology requires germplasm, as both raw material and a source of natural variation. As a way of shaping and using genetic information, biotechnology has implication for germplasm conservation ...

Faced with shortage of electricity for conservation of germplasm at an ultra-low temperature, government body NBPGR is looking at low-cost methods, especially ‘Cryopreservation’ that uses liquid ...

Bhubaneswar, June 22: Odisha is home to 264 varieties of mangoes, some of which — such as Hamilton Sundari, Himsagar, Kalija Munda, Baldev and Kuanri — are facing the threat of extinction. The state’s ...