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<span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0">Native grasses provide vital benefits to the Southwest desert ecosystem, high quality forage for livestock, and effective
mitigation tools for addressing natural resources concerns.</span><span style="color:black;mso-color-alt:windowtext" class="ContentPasted0">
</span><span style="font-size:9.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#222222" class="ContentPasted0">Several improved native grass cultivars and pre-varietal germplasms were evaluated for better performance and
ecological adaptation and have been released by Plant Materials Centers and collaborators to meet conservation needs.<o:p class="ContentPasted0"> </o:p></span></p>
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