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12 - Seed Gene Bank Conservation

from Part III - Conservation Practice

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 September 2020

Nigel Maxted
Affiliation:
University of Birmingham
Danny Hunter
Affiliation:
Bioversity International
Rodomiro Ortiz Ríos
Affiliation:
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences
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The objective of seed conservation is to preserve the genetic integrity of the seed under controlled conditions. For this, representative seed samples of the natural populations are stored, i.e., the gene frequency of the sample must be equal to that of the original population. The storage conditions should be such that the seed should be kept viable for the longest possible time. This chapter deals on how to store seeds of crops and wild plant species for medium- and long-term conservation because seed conservation in gene banks remains the most efficient method for conserving plant germplasm of the cultigen and their wild relatives. The arrangements taken for preserving seeds are given herein considering particularly at what happens at various gene banks elsewhere. The focus of this chapter is seed conservation in gene banks.

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Print publication year: 2020

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