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2008 Activities Aberdeen Plant Materials Center Loren St. John, Team Leader Aberdeen, ID PMC. Aberdeen PMC Home Farm. Office/Greenhouse. Foundation Seed Production. Produced 6990 pounds Shipped 5104 pounds. Siberian Wheatgrass ‘Vavilov II’. Western wheatgrass.
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2008 Activities Aberdeen Plant Materials Center Loren St. John, Team Leader Aberdeen, ID PMC
Aberdeen PMC Home Farm Office/Greenhouse
Foundation Seed Production Produced 6990 pounds Shipped 5104 pounds
Siberian Wheatgrass ‘Vavilov II’
Western wheatgrass Cooperative Release 2009
Nevada Bluegrass
Douglas’ Dustymaiden
Forb Propagation and Initial Evaluation in Cooperation with Great Basin Native Plant Selection and Increase Project
Grays biscuitroot Fernleaf biscuitroot Nineleaf biscuitroot
Hotrock penstemon Sharpleaf penstemon Sagebrush penstemon Sulphur flower buckwheat
< 5” rainfall 2008 water year Vavilov II 0.40 plants/ft2 Nordan 0.22 Anatone 0.11
Seed Coating Study - ZEBA Farm Coated seed
Coffee Point, ID Off-Center Test Site Vavilov II 1176 #/ac. Bozoisky 189 Bannock 151
Joint Fire Sciences • Reestablishment of native vegetation after wildfire • FS Rocky Mountain Research Station • BLM • USGS • Utah Division of Wildlife • Aberdeen PMC
Regional Biofuels ICST Tall Wheatgrass Szar Alkar Jose Largo
Grand Teton National Park Blue wildrye Mountain brome Slender wheatgrass Sandberg bluegrass Idaho fescue Bluebunch wheatgrass
Loren St. John PMC Team Leader Aberdeen Plant Materials Center P.O Box 296 Aberdeen, ID 83210 208-397-4133 loren.stjohn@id.usda.gov The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) prohibits discrimination in all its programs and activities on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, disability, political beliefs, sexual orientation, or marital or family status. (Not all prohibited bases apply to all programs.) Persons with disabilities who require alternative means for communication of program information (Braille, large print, audiotape, etc.) should contact USDA’s TARGET Center at (202) 720-2600 (voice and TDD). To file a complaint of discrimination, write USDA, Director, Office of Civil Rights, Room 326-W, Whitten Building, 1400 Independence Avenue, SW, Washington, D.C. 20250-9410 or call (202) 720-5964 (voice and TDD). USDA is an equal opportunity provider and employer.