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Great Basin Plant Materials Center
The Great Basin Plant Materials Center is up and running. In early
2006, the NRCS signed an agreement with the University of Nevada, Reno, to locate the PMC
at the University's Newlands Field Laboratory in Fallon, Nevada.
Once fully operational, the Great Basin PMC
will be a source for plant materials, particularly native species, that are
adapted to the harsh regional conditions found in the Great Basin. The PMC will
develop native plants for the low precipitation and high salinity zones found in
the Great Basin, and conduct range plant research.
The Great Basin PMC will:
• develop plant materials for vegetating non-cropland areas,
• develop technology for improved reclamation success,
• communicate seed production information needed for seed
growers,
• develop a foundation seed source to meet restoration needs,
• work closely with cooperators to monitor the success and
impacts of real-life plantings in the wild, and
• develop alternative, low-water-using crops.
Plant Materials Centers
and Service Areas
These documents may require
Adobe Acrobat,
Microsoft Word,
or Microsoft
Powerpoint.
Great
Basin Plant Materials Center -- Who We Are and What We're Doing (PPT; 13MB)
Great Basin Plant Materials Center
Advisory and Technical Meetings
Nevada PMC Publications and
Information
Technical Note 54 - Abandoned Cropland Stabilization (PDF; 310KB)
2008 Activities PowerPoint Presentation (PPT; 8MB)
2008 Progress PowerPoint Presentation (PPT; 7MB)
2008
Newsletter (PDF; 978KB)
2007
Newsletter (PDF; 2KB)
2006
Newsletter (PDF;)
Great Basin PMC
Fact Sheet (PDF;)
Swingle Bench Plant Materials Trial
Fact Sheet (PDF;)
History
of the PMC (exhibit) (PDF; 8MB)
Contact Information for the Great Basin Plant Materials Center
PMC Manager
2055 Schurz Highway
Fallon, NV 89406
(775) 217-0864
National Plant Materials
Publications
Learn more about the NRCS Plant Materials Program.
Last Modified:
06/16/2008
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