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Thanks for this article, Abby. <span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">It's great to see the familiar US gardens who have given safe harbor to priority US crop wild relatives. Intriguing comparison of crop gene bank
holdings vs BG holdings -- pointing to BGs as potential sources of novel genetics. </span><span style="font-family: "Trebuchet MS", Trebuchet, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">I knew that there were a large number of US species in foreign collections and so should
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<span style="margin: 0px">I wasn't aware of the "Genesys" platform - do you know if this includes data on accessions held by
<a href="https://www.cgiar.org/research/program-platform/genebank-platform/" title="https://www.cgiar.org/research/program-platform/genebank-platform/">
CGIAR</a> as well? </span></div>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, February 12, 2020 3:04 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org <native-plants@lists.plantconservation.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [EXTERNAL] [PCA] Article: Botanic Gardens Are Important Contributors to Crop Wild Relative Preservation</font>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal">In a <a href="https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/tocs/59/6">
special issue of the <i>Crop Science</i> journal focused on connecting agriculture, public gardens, and science</a>, BGCI-US contributed an article entitled, “Botanic Gardens Are Important Contributors to Crop Wild Relative Preservation”.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><a href="https://dl.sciencesocieties.org/publications/cs/articles/59/6/2404">The article</a> summarizes results of an
<em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ex situ</span></em> analysis conducted in partnership with the United States Botanic Garden, which demonstrate the important contributions botanic gardens make toward backing up U.S. and global crop wild relative
species in <em><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">ex situ</span></em> collections.</p>
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<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Abby Meyer</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Executive Director</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">Botanic Gardens Conservation International U.S.</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">at The Huntington Library, Art Museum & Botanical Gardens, San Marino, CA</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="http://www.bgci.org/"><span style="color:blue">www.bgci.org</span></a></span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">+1 308-293-1782</span></p>
<p class="x_MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt">abby.meyer@bgci.org</span></p>
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