Location: Agricultural Genetic Resources Preservation Research
Title: How can crops that are not grown from seeds be conserved in gene banks?Author
Submitted to: World Wide Web
Publication Type: Other Publication Acceptance Date: 4/15/2020 Publication Date: 9/22/2020 Citation: Volk, G.M. 2020. How can crops that are not grown from seeds be conserved in gene banks? Crop Science Society of America Sustainable, Secure Food Blog. Available: https://sustainable-secure-food-blog.com/2020/09/22/how-can-crops-that-are-not-grown-from-seeds-be-conserved-in-gene-banks/#respond. Interpretive Summary: Invited submission for the Sustainable, Secure Food Blog by the Crop Science Society of America. Author was asked to provide a response and images to the following question "How can crops that are not grown from seeds be conserved in gene banks?". The response describes some differences between seed and vegetatively-propagated genebank collections and how cryopreservation can be used to store dormant buds and shoot tips from fruit tree cultivars. Apple and citrus are provided as examples. Technical Abstract: Invited submission for the Sustainable, Secure Food Blog by the Crop Science Society of America. Author was asked to provide a response and images to the following question "How can crops that are not grown from seeds be conserved in gene banks?". The response describes some differences between seed and vegetatively-propagated genebank collections and how cryopreservation can be used to store dormant buds and shoot tips from fruit tree cultivars. Apple and citrus are provided as examples. |