Utah Crop Improvement Association

About This Association

Superior crop varieties (and pre-variety native plant germplasm selections) are essential to the maintenance of the world food supply and reclamation efforts on range and wildlands disturbed by natural and human caused events. Much effort, time and money are spent by public and private plant breeding groups in variety development and germplasm selection to meet this need. In order for agriculture and reclamation efforts to benefit from these released varieties and germplasms, it is vital that every means be taken to preserve and maintain them. The identity and purity of new varieties can be easily lost through out-crossing, contamination or errors in the seed field, cleaning facility, or labeling. Seed certification and Foundation stock seed programs successfully avoid these pitfalls and maintain and distribute new varieties and germplasm selections of known identity and purity through commercial channels to the consuming public.

Publications

Conventions

Specialties:

1. Food - Growers

Information Summary