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collage of pictures depicting cold storage for seeds and tissue cultures. Supplies used for cryogenic procedures. The NCGRP storage vaults store more than 400,000 accessions at –18C. Monitoring germination ensures high quality seeds at NCGRP. Genetic diversity of maize Seeds from different species have different characteristics. Seed accessions are identified by barcodes In vitro cultures are used to produce shoot tips for cryopreservation.

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