The Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center (OPGC), located on the Columbus campus of The Ohio State University, is a cooperative effort involving the University and the Agricultural Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture with support and leadership from the ornamental plant industry nationwide.

The goal of the OPGC is to conserve, assess and distribute herbaceous ornamental plant germplasm and to develop new techniques for conserving seed and clonally propagated germplasm.

The OPGC was established at The Ohio State University in August 1999 as the result of a cooperative agreement reached with USDA Agricultural Research Service. As the result the OPGC becomes part of the US National Plant Germplasm System (NPGS) which consists of twenty-four active germplasm repositories throughout the country and the centralized base collection at the National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation (NCGRP) in Fort Collins, Colorado. The OPGC’s activities are modeled after those at these NPGS sites.

Ornamental Plant Germplasm Center The Ohio State University 670 Tharp Street Columbus, OH 43210-1086 U.S.A.

Phone: 614-292-1941 Fax: 614-292-3768 Email: opgc@osu.edu