A 200-year-old elm tree stands in front of City Hall in Perth Amboy, New Jersey. (NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection, D3729-1)
ARS scientists hoped to cryopreserve seeds from the old elm tree, but the seeds were infertile. (NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection, D3730-1)
This winter, ARS scientists will attempt to cryopreserve elm twig cuttings. (NJ Dept. of Environmental Protection, D3731-1)
Tubes containing cryopreserved tree buds. (Lisa Hill, D3732-2)