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[Martin Sundermann]

PLANT GENETIC RESOURCES: NEW RULES FOR INTERNATIONAL EXCHANGE
June/July 2003
ERS Information Newsletter
http://www.ers.usda.gov/News/June_July2003Media.pdf
Plant genetic resources (also called germplasm) are critical to meeting
rising public expectations concerning the quantity and the quality of food.
All crops descend from wild and improved genetic resources from around the
world. To make crops more resistant to pests and diseases and to improve
other attributes, modern plant breeders must continually seek new genetic
resources from outside the stocks with which they routinely work. To assure
the preservation of diverse germplasm, some of which is endangered, and to
facilitate equitable international exchange of germplasm, delegates from 116
countries voted in November 2001 to approve a new United Nations
International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture.
The treaty is certain to have effects on the United States, which has the
largest national germplasm collection in the world and the largest
investment in plant breeding. Kelly Day-Rubenstein; (202) 694-5515;
kday at ers.usda.gov

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