Concept information
Preferred term
USDA/ARS/CICGRU
Definition
- The mission of the USDA Corn Insects and Crop Genetics Research Unit is to develop an integrated approach for managing and improving corn, soybean and other cereal crops. To accomplish this the Unit has research projects that study pests and diseases of these crops, and others working to improve and maintain germplasm of corn, soybeans, and cereals. The Unit's responsibilities include maintaining and distributing a soybean stock collection, developing, maintaining, and making available to the public a soybean and legume genome database, and conducting the GEM (Germplasm Enhancement of Maize) project. Website: "http://cicgr.agron.iastate.edu/CICGR/home.html" [Summary provided by the USDA.] (en)
Broader concept
- USDA (en)
URI
https://gcmd.earthdata.nasa.gov/kms/concept/77d8d888-882c-42cf-a66a-dde16d0ed649
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