Jennifer Duggan This article from TIME describes the Svalbard Global Seed Vault and the important service it provides. …
Inside the ‘Doomsday’ Vault
Category: Genebank Fundamentals
The Journey of a Seed in a Genebank
Crop Trust Genebanks conserve and make available the crop diversity needed to adapt our agriculture to present and …
FAO Seeds Toolkit
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations This Seeds Toolkit has been developed to support practitioners along …
The New Potato
Erik Stokstad, Science As climate change alters rain, growing seasons, and more, potatoes are increasingly at risk. This …
Diverse millet seeds are brought home to Taiwan after 30 years
Formosa News Millet was once a staple of Taiwanese agriculture. In the 1970s, many diverse millet varieties from …
ISBER Best Practices: Recommendations for Repositories – 5th Edition
International Society for Biological and Environmental Repositories (ISBER) This manual presents the most effective practices for the management …
Distributing Potato Germplasm
John Bamberg Dr. John Bamberg discusses how the U.S. Potato Genebank in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin distributes potato germplasm …
Acquiring Potato Germplasm
John Bamberg Dr. John Bamberg discusses how the U.S. Potato Genebank in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin acquires potato germplasm.
Valuable Genetics for Potato Research and Breeding
John Bamberg Dr. John Bamberg discusses the importance of genetically diverse potato germplasm at the U.S. Potato Genebank …
History of the U.S. Potato Genebank
John Bamberg Dr. John Bamberg discusses the history of the U.S. Potato Genebank in Sturgeon Bay, Wisconsin. It …