Seed banks are meant to preserve biodiversity for the future. Some house centuries-old cultivars, which remain valuable to plant breeders trying to develop seeds with unique combinations of traits.

Photo taken on Nov 30, 2023 shows the samples in the germplasm resource bank in Southwest China's Xizang autonomous region. [Photo/Xinhua] LHASA -- The germplasm resource bank in Southwest China's ...

The Svalbard Global Seed Vault has received a major a new deposit of seeds from several hundred plant species. In a formal ceremony on February 25, 2020, hosted by the Norwegian Prime Minister Erna ...

Since 2008, deep inside a mountain on a permafrost-crusted archipelago near the North Pole, the Svalbard Global Seed Vault has been open for business, soliciting and accepting sample seed collections ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Today, the seeds of 49,000 varieties of crops—including cabbages ...

Unbeknownst to many, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Center for Genetic Preservation holds the genetic make-up of more than 500,000 plant and animal species across the world. "We're one ...

Fears about climate change and global conflict eradicating plant species and changing the face of the planet have prompted environmentalists and researchers to send 30,000 new seed samples to a ...