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In 1990, the U.S. Congress authorized establishment of a National Genetic Resources Program (NGRP). It is the NGRP's responsibility to: acquire, characterize, preserve, document, and distribute to scientists, germplasm of all lifeforms important for food and agricultural production.

The Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) web server provides germplasm information about plants, animals, microbes and invertebrates. This program is within the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Agricultural Research Service.

The National Genetic Resources Advisory Council (NGRAC) advises and makes recommendations to the Secretary and Director of the NGRP. The NGRAC responds to the important issues of the nation in respect to conserving and utilizing genetic resources for food and agriculture. To view information on NGRAC, the minutes of its meetings, and recommendations from NGRAC, go to the NGRAC Home Page.
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  This web server is maintained by the Database Management Unit (DBMU) of the National Germplasm Resources Laboratory (NGRL), Plant Sciences Institute (PSI), Beltsville Agricultural Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture.

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Last updated: 11 October 2001