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REGIONAL PROJECTS 



NC-7 The Introduction, Multiplication, Preservation and 



Evaluation of New Plants for Industrial and Agricultural Use , 

 To (1) cooperate in a coordinated program of foreign and 

 domestic plant exploration and introduction to obtain plant 

 materials and to determine their potential value for agri- 

 cioltural, indtustrial and other \ises> (2) multiply, evaliiate 

 and maintain introduced materials adapted to the ecological 

 conditions of the North Central Region through the orperation 

 of a Regional Plant Introduction Station and through arrange- 

 ments between the regional station and state experiment sta- 

 tions when advisable; (3) distribute introduced plant materials 

 of possible value within the North Central Region and to 

 maintain records of their use in the region; (k) maintain and 

 preserve the gemrplasm of field, and hortictiltxiral crops and 

 woody plants of potential value to the states in the region; 

 (5) coordinate the program of introduction, multiplication, 

 distribution, evaluation and preservation in the North Central 

 Region with similar programs in the other regions; and, (6) 

 encourage and stimulate the research workers of the North 

 Central Region in the evaluation and \iae of new introductions 

 in crop improvement programs. 



Cooperating Stations and Agencies: Federal -grant projects - 

 Nebr., S. DaJk., I-B; Chio, II-^B; Alaska, III-A; Minn., IV-Bj 

 A^, USBA 



HE-9 Discovery and Preservation of Valuable Plant Germ Plasm . 

 To (1) cooperate in a program of foreign and domestic plant 

 exploration and introduction; (2) grow new plant introductions 

 and determine their potential values for agrictiltural and 

 industrial use and to accumulate and maintain records of the 

 merits and performance of plant introductions tested at the 

 Regional Station and at the ik Experiment Stations of the North- 

 east Region; (3) propagate new plant introductions so that they 

 may be distributed to interested plant breeders, geneticists, 

 and other crop improvers; {k) maintain and preserve germ plasm 

 of agronomic, horticultural, and woody plants of potential 

 value to agriculture; (5) coordinate the Northeast program 

 with that of the other three regions and with the programs of 

 inter-regional stations; and, (6) assist the researchers of 

 the region in the evaluation and use of plant introductions. 

 Cooperating Station: Federal-grant project- Pa,, IZI-A 



