OSLO, Oct. 22 (Xinhua) -- Twenty genebanks across the world deposited seed samples at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault this week, contributing 21,647 accessions to the world's largest backup repository ...

Lisle, Illinois (September 6, 2018) -- Globally, forest trees are increasingly at risk from habitat destruction, pests and disease, and a changing climate. But the guidelines for effective ...

A large deposit to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault has taken the number of seed samples stored at the facility to more than a million. The so-called "doomsday vault"—located on a remote Norwegian ...

Researchers have developed an evidence-based approach to designing ex situ collections that effectively preserve a target species' genetic diversity, which can be tailored for conservation of any tree ...