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Conservation and Plant ReleasesUpdated 07/10/2008 What is a Plant Release?The USDA NRCS Plant Materials Program, with its 27 plant materials centers (PMCs), cooperates with a variety of public and private conservation partners to collect, evaluate, select and release plants which are intended for commercial production to solve resource conservation problems. This testing helps insure that the plants grow under a variety of climates and soil types and will perform as needed. Very few NRCS plant releases have been
genetically manipulated and many are now being selected to
maximize genetic diversity. During testing, all NRCS plant
collections are evaluated to insure that they are not weedy,
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