The resulting surplus plant material is distributed to other botanic gardens and institutes around the world. Since the plants are shipped in vitro, they do not present any problems with international quarantine regulations. Please help insure the usefulness of this forum by submitting only accurate information that you developed. Announcements for jobs and scientific meetings are frequently placed on the system. The Floral and Nursery Plants Research Unit conducts a broad based program contributing to basic and developmental research and the implementation of new technologies for the florist and nursery industries.
Emphasis is placed on developing new and superior floral and woody nursery plants.
In addition, the Unit has the responsibility to collect, propagate, maintain, distribute, evaluate and preserve representative levels of inherent genetic diversity of woody landscape plants as part of the National Plant Germplasm System. The National Arboretum herbarium is one of a few in the world with a primary mission of supporting taxonomic research and identification of cultivated plants, including cultivars, hybrids, and other elite plant materials of use to man. To facilitate this research, the herbarium includes specimens not only of cultivated plants but also of their wild progenitors. Centres have submitted exhaustive information on roughly 30,000 currently active projects. This will give you an idea how things may be done in the future with regard to large databases related to horticulture or other types of scientific endeavors.