Ex situ conservation – genebanks and seed collection

1 Março 2021, 09:30 • Maria Adelaide dos Santos Clemente

Introduction to ex situ conservation. Genebanks: definition, historic overview, mission and role in halting biodiversity loss. Fundamental geenbank procedures. Examples of seed bank accross the world and their role in crop and wild species conservation. Planning seed collection: targets, locations and timing. Seed collection in the field. 

Preparing a report on data analysis and evaluation of sampling efforts in a seed bank.