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GRU
Title
Germplasm Resource Unit Collection
Date(s)
- 1934-1988 (Creation)
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Plot notebooks, expedition documents, photographic slides (reference images)
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Admin History: The Germplasm Resources Unit (GRU) at the John Innes Centre houses biological collections of seeds. The GRU aims to capture the broadest possible gene-pool diversity of the UK’s major strategic crops and crop wild relatives, to support plant science and crop improvement through breeding.
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