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Seed Viability and Storage Research Unit

 

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Mission:

The mission of the Seed Viability and Storage Research Unit, National Seed Storage Laboratory, is to effectively document, preserve, and maintain viable seed and propagules of diverse plant germplasm in long-term storage, to develop and evaluate procedures for determining seed quality of accessions, and to provide administrative support to allow for effective operation of this Unit. The mission also includes the distribution of seed, when not available from the active collections, for crop improvement throughout the world.

Specific objectives are:

  1. To preserve the base collection of plant germplasm for the National Plant Germplasm System.
  2. To determine initial quality and to periodically monitor viability of plant germplasm placed into storage.
  3. To continuously maintain and update the National Seed Storage Laboratory database, the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

 

Staff:

DR. LOREN E. WIESNER: Supervisory Plant Physiologist/Research Leader; Ph.D. (1971) Oregon State University, Major: Seed Physiology. Research Experience: Developmental physiology of cereals and forage legumes and grasses, germination physiology, vigor, dormancy, seedling growth and purity testing. lwiesner@lamar.colostate.edu

MR. NAHM-SU KIM: Visiting Scientist - Director of the Andong Branch Office, National Seeds Management Office, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry in Andong Korea.  He will be studying all phases of genebank management which includes quality evaluation of germplasm, storage and monitoring of germplasm, data storage and retrieval and research.  His overall objective is to establish a genebank for Korea.

Secret ary:    Jennifer Kendall

VACANT: Computer Specialist (Supervisor)

MR. JOE DUCHENE: Computer Sp ecialist, jojod@holly.colostate.edu
MS. JUDY GROTENHUIS: Compute r Assistant, jgrote@lamar.colostate.edu
MR. EUGENE KEYS: Computer As sistant, gkbeans@lamar.colostate.edu
MS. ANDREA LAWRENCE: Compute r Specialist, alaw@lamar.colostate.edu

MS. PAT CONINE: Supervisory Biological Science Laboratory Technician, pconine@lamar.colostate.edu

MR. MIKE BRICKER: Biological Science Laboratory Technician, mbricker@lamar.colostate.edu
MR. JIM BRUCE: Biological Sc ience Laboratory Technician, jimbruce@lamar.colostate.edu
MS. IRENE CARDONA: Biologica l Science Laboratory Technician, icar@lamar.colostate.edu
MR. MIKE DIDERIKSEN: Biologi cal Science Laboratory Technician, mdideriksen@npa.ars.usda.gov
MS. JOLENE HANSEN: Biologica l Science Laboratory Technician, jrhansen@lamar.colostate.edu
MS. VICKI HERNANDEZ: Biologi cal Science Laboratory Technician, vhernan@lamar.colostate.edu
MS. CHERYL JOHNSON: Biologic al Science Laboratory Technician, cjohn@lamar.colostate.edu
MR. GREG HOLMAN: Biological Science Laboratory Technician, gregory.holman@ars.usda.gov
MS. ANNETTE MILLER: Biologic al Science Laboratory Technician, almiller@lamar.colostate.edu
MR. DENNIS MOSS: Biological Science Laboratory Technician, dmoss@lamar.colostate.edu
MR. BILL PRANGE: Biological Science Laboratory Technician, bprange@lamar.colostate.edu
MS. LAURIE THOMA: Biological Science Laboratory Technician, lthoma@npa.ars.usda.gov
 

MS. JULIE LAUFMANN: Plant Physiologist, Research Support Scientist, M.S.: Seed physiology, seed dormancy, preservation of threatened and endangered species, cultivar identification., jlaufman@lamar.colostate.edu

MS. TARA KEYSER: Biological Science Laboratory Technician, tkeyser@npa.ars.usda.gov
MS. ELISE STAATS: Biological Science Laboratory Technician, epalmer@lamar.colostate.edu
MS. ERIN WICKLIFFE:  Bi ological Science Laboratory Technician and Safety and Health Officer, wickliff@lamar.colostate.edu

MS. DIANNE SKOGERBOE: Biological Science Laboratory Technician  doakley@lamar.colostate.edu

 

 

 

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