Plant and seed materials : revision no. 1

THE NUMBER OF MISSIONS REQUESTING MATERIALS HAS AVERAGED 40 PER YEAR AND THE NUMBER OF VARIETIES/STRAINS SUPPLIED HAS AVERAGED 1740. PROP 1/6/72 CALLS FOR PLANT INTRODUCTION AND GERMPLASM MATERIALS EXCHANGE CENTERS TO BE ESTABLISHED IN SELECTED LDC"S AND STAFF TRAINED. PRIORITY GERMPLASN NEEDS TO BE DETERMINED BY USDA CONSULTANTS. GERMPLASM EXCHANGE TO BE ENCOURAGED AS BASIS OF FORMING WORLDWIDE NETWORK. TROPICAL ROOT ACTIVITIES WILL ENCOURAGE COLLECTION AND EVALUATION OF WEST AFRICAN AND OCEANIA YAM VARIETIES. COMPREHENSIVE PUBLICATION ON YAM PRODUCTION METHODS WILL BE PRINTED. SORGHUM/MILLET GERMPLASM ACTIVITIES WILL BE EXPANDED, WITH SEED MULTIPLICATION OF SUCCESSFUL STRAINS AND PUBLICATION OF RESEARCH HELD AS PRIORITY ITEMS. ALL GERMPLASM SUPPLIED TO PROJECT BY STATE, FEDERAL, OR PRIVATE BREEDERS WILL BE SHIPPED THROUGH USDA PLANT INSPECTION STATION FOR ISSUANCE OF PHYTOSANITARY CERTIFICATE. PAF 11/17/77 AUTHORIZES INCREASED FUNDING TO SUPPORT CREATION OF COFFEE GERMPLASM BANK TO REDUCE DISASTEROUS CONSEQUENCES OF COFFEE RUST DISEASE IN CENTRAL AMERICA. PROGRAM WILL ENTAIL TRANSPORTATION OF RUST-FREE PLANTS FROM ONE COUNTRY TO ANOTHER THROUGH A USDA PLANT QUARANTINE FACILITY. PROGRAM HAS PROVIDED SERVICES TO 19 COUNTRIES IN LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN, 7 IN THE NEAR EAST AND SOUTH ASIA, 14 IN AFRICA, AND 5 IN THE FAR EAST. (FIGURES AS OF 1969.)