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Four gene bank collections in Thailand have deposited seeds in the Seed Vault. Thailands Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has given its Department of Agriculture the task to lead a new National Plant Genetic Resources Center, which will coordinate the activities of 17 institutes and other bodies in the field.
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National Plant Genetic Resources Center under establishment in Thailand
Four gene bank collections in Thailand have deposited seeds in the Seed Vault. Thailands Ministry of Agriculture and Cooperatives has …
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The largest diversity of crop species in the Seed Vault
The German Genebank Department at the IPK in Gatersleben organizes regularly the so called Vavilov seminars for employees and guests. …
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Seed Vault openings 2019
The Svalbard Global Seed Vault will be opened for regular seed deposits three times during 2019; in March, in June …
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Seeds from four continents
Seeds from six gene banks were deposited in the Seed Vault this week; the International CGIAR centres in Peru (CIP) …
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Vegetable seeds from UK deposited
Next week the first seeds from the UK Vegetable Genebank at the University of Warwick will be deposited in Svalbard …
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Merge of gene bank institutes in Portugal, Chile and Australia
Reorganisation of reseach institutes holding gene bank collections affects also the formalities and seed statistics at the Seed Vault. During …
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NordGen celebrates its 10 year anniversary
NordGen was formed in 2008, as a Nordic centre for conservation and use of genetic resources within plants, domestic animals …
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Seed Vault construction improvements proceed as planned
Work underway at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault to build a new, water-resistant access tunnel to the seed storage area …
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New Depositor Agreement signed as Thai Gene Banks Visited NordGen
This week representatives from two different Thai gene banks visited Sweden and NordGen to sign a new Svalbard Global Seed …
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Seeds – theme of the year at Oxford Symposium
The Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery has been organized every or every second year since 1983. The main theme …