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What is a Genebank?

What is a Genebank? Have you ever wondered what a genebank does? The short answer is that genebanks store genes. Not literally, although there are some specialized genebanks that do manage genes –…

Sarada Krishnan, the Crop Trust’s new Director of Programs, talks about BOLD

Sarada Krishnan, the Crop Trust’s new Director of Programs, talks about BOLD Sarada Krishnan joined the Crop Trust as Director of Programs at the beginning of July 2022. Prior to joining the Crop…

2021-04-16-Seed-Longevity-with-Fiona-Hay.pptx

Seed survival in storage : a deep dive into the factors that influence seed longevity Fiona R. Hay Aarhus University Definitions Seed longevity is the length of time seeds …

2021-06-17-how-far-should-CGIAR-genebanks-go.pptx

The future of genebanks: How far should the CGIAR genebanks dare to go? Ruaraidh Sackville Hamilton 17 June 2021 Background: needs and opportunities for genetic resources Conserving and delivering…

Trupti-Joshi-GROW-Webinar-Talk-Nov-2021.pptx

SoyKB and KBCommons: Enabling data mining, farming and harvesting in the Cloud Dr. Trupti Joshi Assistant Professor Department of Health Management and Informatics School of Medicine Core Faculty…

Scholz_DSI_GROW_Aug26_2021.pdf

Digital Sequence Information: A Looming Disaster or Hidden Opportunity for Positive Change? GROW Webinar August 26, 2021 Dr. Amber Hartman Scholz, Deputy to the Director Leibniz-Institut •…

Khoury_cropgeneticerosion_GROW_2021_10_18.pdf

Crop genetic erosion: a review of 100 years of evidence, thoughts on future research, and an outline of steps needed to mitigate, stem, and reverse further losses Colin Khoury San Diego Botanic…

jrv_Collecting-have-we-done-enough-Dec2021.pdf

How much genetic diversity is really still missing from genebanks? A review of ~15 years of work on gap analysis Prof. Dr. Julian Ramirez-Villegas Principal Scientist, CGIAR Professor, Wageningen…

Marleni-Ramirez-Are-Genebanks-Serving-Farmers.pdf

Are genebanks serving farmers? Marleni Ramirez, Ph. D., Alianza of Bioversity and CIAT Food Systems Dialogues/Post -COVID Recovery Rural transformation processes • Productive transformation: more…

Gollin_GROW_webinar_20_May_2021.pdf

Who Needs Seeds? New Genetic Technologies and Old Seed Morgues Douglas Gollin Professor of Development Economics Oxford University GROW Webinar 20 May 2021 D. Gollin (2021) Who Needs Seeds? GROW…

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The Crop Diversity Digest

From cutting-edge research to work saving seeds in communities, even our small actions can have a big impact on saving crop diversity and putting it to good use. Read the latest news highlighting these efforts and more.