- 47 - 



Iowa The Introduction, Testing, Multiplication, and Preservation 

 of New and Useful Plant s of Potential Value for Industrial and 

 Agricultural Uses! To (l) cooperate with ARS snd other interested 

 agencies of USDA and with State Agricultural Experiment Stations 

 in tine North Central Region in a coordinated program of plant 

 exploration and introduction to obtain plant materials of potential 

 value for industrial and agricultural uses, and as sources of new 

 germ plasm for use in plant improvement; (2) maintain regional 

 primary plant introduction station to catalogue, multiply, evaluate, 

 and preserve introduced and domestic seed and plant materials and 

 to distribute seed and material to States wishing to study their 

 value and ecological adaptation; (3) maintain and periodically 

 publish an inventory of seed and plants grown at Primary Station 

 and by secondary stations of the region; (A) , prepare Breeders 

 Stocks Inventory of field and horticultural plants of economic 

 value to States of North Central Region and assist the States in 

 preserving, maintaining, and distributing these stocks; and (5) 

 establish regional acession record system and publish information 

 on performance of new introductions and domestic accessions as 

 reported by research workers, 



Bot., Hort., For., PI. Path., Agron. 1018 (NC-7) Coop. ARS 



N. H. The Testing and Utilization of New Plant Materials in 



New Hampshire . To (1) study new plant materials introduced by 

 plant explorers or others in a search for desirable new varieties 

 or valuable germ-plasm which may be used in breeding; and (2) 

 cooperate with other States in the region and with ARS by making 

 findings known and providing propagation material, if possible, 

 upon request. 



Hort. 87 (NE-9) 



N. Y. Establishing a Plant Intoduction Station and Maintaining Germ 

 (State) Plasm Plantings for Horticultural Materials at Geneva .N.Y . To 



(1) establish and maintain a primary regional plant introduction 

 station with adequate facilities and personnel to handle introduced 

 and domestic plant materials of potential value to the region; (2) 

 cooperate with other States in the region, ARS, and with other 

 regions in a coordinated program to discover their value for plant 

 improvement; and (3) maintain and preserve valuable germ plasm of 

 horticultural plants of economic value to the region, including 

 strains or varieties resistant to cold, disease, and insect pests, 

 and stocks used in propagation of varieties. 

 New Crops. 17 (NE-9) 



