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Ultradry seed storage cuts cost of gene bank

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  • Guang-Hua Zheng

    (Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany)

  • Xin-Ming Jing

    (Beijing Botanical Garden, Institute of Botany)

  • Kar-Ling Tao

    (Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, AGPS (Seed and Plant Genetic Resources Service))

Abstract

Today we are faced with an urgent challenge to organize the efficient conservation of biodiversity. In the case of plants, one way of doing this is to store their seeds in a gene bank. The effective preservation of seeds depends on their moisture content and on the storage temperature, which can present a problem in developing countries where the costs of cold storage are prohibitive. Here we describe a way of storing seeds under ultradry conditions at ambient temperatures which not only improves their longevity and vigour but also promises to be a cost-effective technique for germplasm conservation.

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  • Guang-Hua Zheng & Xin-Ming Jing & Kar-Ling Tao, 1998. "Ultradry seed storage cuts cost of gene bank," Nature, Nature, vol. 393(6682), pages 223-224, May.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:393:y:1998:i:6682:d:10.1038_30383
    DOI: 10.1038/30383
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