Gathering Place:U.S. Potato Genebank in Wisconsin supports potato industry in a big way

摘要

The U.S. Potato Genebank (USPG) coordinates all aspects of importation, classification, preservation, multiplication, documentation and distribution of potato germplasm. It is the most comprehensive and active collection in the world. The USPG is a cooperative effort between the USDA Agricultural Research Service (ARS) and all 50 state agricultural research stations, with special support from the University of Wisconsin.Potato cultivars have more exotic germplasm in their pedigrees than any other major crop. Of the last eight cultivar releases from the Wisconsin breeding program, six have parents of at least one wild species from the USPG.