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Selecting the best candidates for resurrecting extinct-in-the-wild plants from herbaria.
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Exploring seed longevity of UK native trees: implications for ex situ conservation
UK trees require increased conservation efforts due to sparse and fragmented populations. Ex situ conservation, including seed banking, can be used to better manage these issues. We conducted accelerated ageing tests on seeds of 22 UK native woody species, in order to assess their likely longevity and optimize their conservation...Davies, Rachael M. ; Hudson, Alice R. ; Dickie, John B. ; Cook, Charlotte ; O'Hara, Tom …
seed longevity, seed banking, ex situ conservation , and temperate trees
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Cryopreservation of Seeds and Seed Embryos in Orthodox-, Intermediate-, and Recalcitrant-Seeded Species
Seeds are one of the preferable and most used sources of germplasm for the ex situ preservation of plant genetic resources. They are generally stored dry at -20 °C in seed banks following international standards. However, some seeds do not tolerate drying and/or storage at -20 °C, or present short... -
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Conserving orthodox seeds of globally threatened plants ex situ in the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK: the status of seed collections
We reviewed the status of orthodox seed collections of globally threatened plants conserved in − 20 °C long-term storage at the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK in terms of their geographic and bioclimatic representativeness, taxonomic and genetic diversity, quality and physiological status. The comprehensive dataset used spans...