New germ plasm—The merits and uses of some plant introductions

Current status of crop plant germplasm

“…33 In addition, the search for new industrial crops such as lubricating oils from plant sources to replace sperm oil (really a liquid wax) has characterized recent federal plant exploration and introduction activities. 51 The state of California has considered the issue of biological genetic resources of such importance to the state economy that the California Gene Resource Conservation Program has been established (1980). The multibillion dollar California agriculture is based almost entirely on introduced plants and animals, while forestry and fishing depend on wild trees and fish naturally occurring in the state.…”

The importance of wild germplasm in plant breeding

“…peruvianum can be made, though embryo culture is needed to bring the F, hybrids to maturity (DOLAN, 1957) . RICK'S paper (1967) on this cross has already been quoted .…”