ʻO kahi ala kūpono no ke kanaka e hoʻopaneʻe ai no nā hola he nui, ʻo ia ka noodle a puni ka US National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS). ʻO ka NPGS kahi waihona pūnaewele nui loa, kahi mana i hoʻohana mua ʻia i ka makahiki 1983, e hōʻuluʻulu ana i nā hua āpau a me nā germplasm ʻē aʻe i hōʻiliʻili ʻia a mālama ʻia i loko o nā waihona gene USDA no ka hoʻoikaika ʻana i kā mākou meaʻai a me ka palekana o ke kaiapuni. ʻOi aku ma mua o kahi kumu waiwai no ka poʻe ʻehaʻeha a ʻaʻole hoʻi e ʻakaʻaka i nā ʻano fern i hōʻiliʻili ʻia mai ka "wet, seeping bogs" o Texas, a i ʻole nā ʻāpala me nā inoa e like me "Brown Snout" a me "Bogo Belle de Boskoop," hiki i ka NPGS ke ʻae i nā ʻepekema e like me Cornell University ʻO Michael Mazourek ka mea hoʻohua pī a me ka pepa, ka mea nāna i hoʻopuka pinepine mai ka waihona e ʻimi i nā mea e kōkua iā ia e hoʻomohala i nā mea kanu i kū kūʻē i nā maʻi, nā pests, a me nā haunaele like ʻole e wehe ʻia ana ma nā lau o ka Honua e ka hoʻololi ʻana i ke aniau.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka waihona waihona gene bank inā hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i nā kikoʻī kūpono e pili ana i nā mea i loko o kāna hōʻiliʻili. ʻO kahi waihona waihona e haʻi iā ʻoe i ke poʻo inoa o kahi puke a me ka mea kākau i kahi hoʻomaka maikaʻi; inā he moʻolelo moʻokalaleo paha ka puke, ʻo kona lōʻihi, ʻo ka wehewehe ʻana i kāna kumu kumu, ʻoiai, ʻo ia ka mea e hōʻoiaʻiʻo ai i ka mea heluhelu e huki iā ia mai ka papa.
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