aberdeen, idaho
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Aberdeen, Idaho. National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility, University of Idaho Research & Extension Center. NSGC Storages: 6C, 25%RH (Medium Term Storage). NSGC Holdings – Global Diversity of the Small Grains Origin CropGenusCountCountries - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Aberdeen, Idaho
National Small Grains Germplasm Research Facility,University of Idaho Research & Extension Center
NSGC Storages: 6C, 25%RH (Medium Term Storage)
NSGC Holdings – Global Diversity of the Small Grains
OriginCrop Genus Count Countries
Wheat Triticum & Aegilops 60,794 115Barley Hordeum 29,891 105Oat Avena 21,550 92Rice Oryza 18,678 110Rye Secale 2,112 60Triticale X Triticosecale 2,012 31
other 980
Total 136,017Updated 01/13/2010
A Brief History
-First small grains germplasm obtained in 1897 by USDA explorers- Maintained for the first half of the 20th Century by USDA Cereal Investigators (separate for wheat, barley, oat, rice)- NSGC officially formed in 1948, combining the separate collections; located at Beltsville, Maryland-Moved to Aberdeen, Idaho in 1988
•Acquisition
•Distribution
•Maintenance
•Evaluations
Maintenance
Regenerations based on seed inventory and viability
Locations•Aberdeen, Idaho – spring and winter wheat, barley, oat, rye, triticale; Greenhouse – wild species
•Parlier, California – winter nursery for mixed habit, tender
•Stuttgart, Arkansas & Beaumont, TX – rice
•Puerto Rico – long-season rice
Viability Status Inventory Status*High Low Critical
High (>70%) 9 8 5Low (20-70%) 7 6 3Critical (<20%) 4 2 1
*High - >50g for cultivated species, >10g for wild speciesLow – 15-50g for cultivated species, 4-10g for wild speciesCritical - <15g for cultivated species, <4g for wild species
Field design
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•Population sizes
•Self vs cross pollinated
•Hills – wild – delnet
•Noxious weeds
•Inspections
•Greenhouse
•Notes
•Harvest
•Cleaning
•Replacing
Aberdeen oat harvest 1940
NSGC Staff:
Charles Erickson, Agronomist & ITScott McNeil, Research Technician
Carol Mortenson, Research TechnicianKay Calzada, Research Technician
Karla Reynolds, Research TechnicianSara Hirschi, Research Assistant