Prioritizing conservation seed banking locations for imperiled hemlock species using multi-attribute frontier mapping
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DOI: 10.1007/s11056-017-9575-7
Abstract: Hemlock woolly adelgid (Adelges tsugae Annand) (HWA) is an invasive forest insect sweeping across the native range of eastern (Tsuga canadensis [L.] Carr.) and Carolina (Tsuga caroliniana Engelm.) hemlocks, threatening to severely reduce eastern hemlock… read more here.
Keywords: seed; hemlock; conservation; seed banking ... See more keywords
Seed banking not an option for many threatened plants
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DOI: 10.1038/s41477-018-0298-3
Abstract: The Global Strategy for Plant Conservation requires 75% of threatened plant species conserved ex situ by 2020. Currently, ex situ conservation focuses on conventional seed banking, yet this method is unsuitable for many threatened species.… read more here.
Keywords: option many; seed; plants seed; many threatened ... See more keywords
The history of seed banking and the hazards of backup
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DOI: 10.1177/03063127221106728
Abstract: Seeds and other plant materials in seed and gene bank collections are rarely considered adequately conserved today unless genetically identical duplicate samples have been created and safely stored elsewhere. This paper explores the history of… read more here.
Keywords: seed; security; seed banking; history seed ... See more keywords