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             UNITED STATES GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE
                     WASHINGTON, D.C. 20548

                                          FOR RELEASE ON DELIVERY
                                          EXPECTED AT 2:00 P.M. EDT
                                          WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 1981

                           STATEMENT OF
        BRIAN P. CROWLEY, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR SENIOR LEVEL
           COMMUNITY AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT DIVISION

                            BEFORE THE
             SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OPERATIONS,
                RESEARCH, AND FOREIGN AGRICULTURE
                HOUSE COMMITTEE ON AGRICULTURE                088053
                                ON
                  DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE'S
                      GERMPLASM PROGRAM

MR. CHAIRMAN AND MEMBERS OF THE SUBCOMMITTEE:

     We are here today to discuss the Department of Agriculture's

management of plant genetic resources--or germplasm. My testimony

is based on our report, The Department of Agriculture Can Mini-

mize the Risk of Potential Crop Failures, issued on April 10, 1981,

(CED-81-75) and upon our ongoing work to be completed later this

summer.

     Our April report assessed the overall management of the germ-

plasm system. In our ongoing work, we are addressing soecific

operational problems associated with the Department's germplasm

program.

Plant Genetics and Crop Production

     Improved plant production has been achieved by breeding plants

for uniformity, high yield, and selection of particular character-

istics desired by the farmer, the food processing industry, and

the consumer. A large amount of the original diversity found in

these crop plants, however, has been eliminated. This occurs

when particular genes for undesirable characteristics are dropped

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