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MSB Seed Vault -20

Preserving plant material in liquid nitrogen

Seed Germination test

8 Jun 2009

Germination testing

Seeds in jars ready for banking

Seed containers

Filling Seed containers

Seed sorting and cleaning

Seed storage in the vault of the Millennium Seed Bank

bee orchid

Featured 8 Jun 2009 Image

Seed storage in the vault of the Millennium Seed Bank

Seed storage in the vault of the Millennium Seed Bank (MSB)at RBG Kew's Wakehurst site in West Sussex, UK.The Millennium Seed Bank Partnership is the largest ex situ plant conservation programme in the world. The focus is on global plant life faced with the threat of extinction and plants of most use for the future. The seeds saved are conserved in seed banks as an insurance against the risk of extinction in their native habitat