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Research Project: Efficient and Effective Preservation and Management of Plant and Microbial Genetic Resource Collections

Location: Agricultural Genetic Resources Preservation Research

Title: How can crops that are not grown from seeds be conserved in gene banks?

Author
item Volk, Gayle

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.