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S-9 The Introduction^ Multiplication and Evaluation of Nev 



Plants for Industrial and Agricultural Use and the Preserva - 

 tion of Valuable Germ Plasm , To (1) cooperate in a coordi- 

 nated program of foreign and domestic plant exploration and 

 introduction; (2) multiply, evaluate and maintain introduced 

 materials adapted to the southern region throu^ the operation 

 of a primary regional plant introduction station with adequate 

 personnel and facilities for such work and through contracts 

 "between the primary station and state experiment stations 

 when advisable; (3) catalogue and distribute introduced plant 

 materials of possible valiie within the region and to maintain 

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

 germ plasm of field and horticultxnral crops of economic value; 

 and, (5) coordinate the programs of introduction, multiplica- 

 tion, evaluation, and preservation in the southern region 

 with similar programs in the other regions, 



W-6 The Introduction, Multiplication, Preservation, and Deter - 



mination of Potential Value of New Plants for Industrial and 

 other Purposes and for the Preservation of Valualjle Germ Plasm 

 of Economic Plemts . To (1) cooperate in a coordinated program 

 of plant explorations, both foreign and domestic, to obtain 

 plant materials and to determine their potential value for 

 industrial and other purposes; (2) establish and maintain a 

 Regional Plant Introduction Station with adequate facilities 

 and personnel to handle introduced and domestic seed and plant 

 materials adapted to the ecological conditions of the Western 

 Region and to establish secondary stations if desired; (3) 

 initiate a program of cataloging, preserving, multiplying, 

 distributing and reporting performance of introduced and 

 domestic seed and plant materials of potential value within 

 the region; (k) maintain and preserve the germ plasm of field 

 and horticultural plants of economic value to the states in 

 the region; and, (5) establish suitable methods for coordinat- 

 ing the program in the Western Region with programs in other 

 regions to avoid unnecessary duplication. 



Cooperating Station and Agency; Federal-grant pro^eet- 



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