Wild barley, wild oat, and wild wheat are grow at an in situ research site at Ammiad in the eastern Galilee region of Israel. Credit: Calvin Sperling.

to be monitored and the information could be maintained in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Cooperation with groups, such as Native Seeds/SEARCH (Southwestern Endangered Aridland Resource Clearing House), that are already involved with in situ monitoring of selected species might also be arranged.

Efforts should be made to promote in situ conservation for plant genetic resources outside the United States. For example, financial aid through programs of the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) or technical assistance coordinated by the NPGS could be provided to enable developing nations to conduct surveys, identify regions, or establish appropriate in situ reserves or activities. Where aid is provided through another agency or department, the advice and technical expertise of the NPGS should be sought. Funds, for example, could be provided by USAID for the in situ conservation of Hordeum spontaneum, a barley wild relative, and Triticum dicoccoides, a wheat wild relative, in Israel, and technical support could come from the NPGS.