Theme 23: Biodiversity
Publication Date
2001
Location
Brazil
Description
The Western Regional Plant Introduction Station (WRPIS), Pullman, WA, USA, maintains over 17,000 accessions of forage and turf grasses that are mostly wind cross-pollinated and highly heterogenic. Regeneration procedures have been refined over the past nine years to include improved isolation distance and increased plant populations for regeneration. The grass regeneration nurseries planted from 1994 through 1997 were evaluated using data recorded in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) and it was found that approximately 78% of the regenerations were successful. Reasons for failures were contributed to inadequate plant number, presence of disease, seed shattering, and unsuitable growing environment. Several solutions have been identified and implemented.
Citation
Bradley, V. L. and Johnson, R. C., "An Assessment of Grass Regeneration Nurseries at the Western Regional Plant Introduction Station, 1994-1997" (2001). IGC Proceedings (1985-2023). 1.
(URL: https://uknowledge.uky.edu/igc/19/23/1)
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An Assessment of Grass Regeneration Nurseries at the Western Regional Plant Introduction Station, 1994-1997
Brazil
The Western Regional Plant Introduction Station (WRPIS), Pullman, WA, USA, maintains over 17,000 accessions of forage and turf grasses that are mostly wind cross-pollinated and highly heterogenic. Regeneration procedures have been refined over the past nine years to include improved isolation distance and increased plant populations for regeneration. The grass regeneration nurseries planted from 1994 through 1997 were evaluated using data recorded in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) and it was found that approximately 78% of the regenerations were successful. Reasons for failures were contributed to inadequate plant number, presence of disease, seed shattering, and unsuitable growing environment. Several solutions have been identified and implemented.
