Useful publications
If you were interested in some of the issues in this module, you might like to download and read these articles, which we have selected for you.
Butler et al. (2009). Priming and re-drying improve the survival of mature seeds of Digitalis purpurea during storage. Ann. Bot. 103, pp. 1261–1270.
Available at: https://DOI.org/ 10.1093/ aob/ mcp059.
FAO (2014). Genebank Standards for Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rev. Ed. Rome.
Available at: https://www.fao.org/ 4/ i3704e/ i3704e.pdf.
FAO (2022). Practical guide for the application of the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: conservation in seed genebanks. Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Rome.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.4060/ cc0021en.
Hay, F.R., Whitehouse, K.J., Ellis, R.H., Sackville Hamilton, N.R., Lusty, C., Ndjiondjop, M.N., Tia, D., Wenzl, P., Santos, L.G., Yazbek, M., Azevedo, V.C.R., Peerzada, O.H., Abberton, M., Oyatomi, O., de Guzman, F., Capilit, G., Muchugi, A. and Kinyanjui, Z. (2021). CGIAR genebank viability data reveal inconsistencies in seed collection management. Global Food Security, 30, 100557.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1016/ j.gfs.2021.100557.
Whitehouse, K.J., Hay, F.R. and Lusty, C. (2020). Why seed physiology is important for genebanking. Plants, 9(5) p 584.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.3390/ plants9050584.
Yong-Bi, F., Zaheer, A., Diederichsen, A. (2015). Towards a better monitoring of seed ageing under ex situ seed conservation.Conservation Physiology. 015; 3(1).
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1093/ conphys/ cov026.