Importance of Seed Banking in Biodiversity Conservation and Research

Authors

  • Deshmukh RS Department of Botany, B. Raghunath Arts, Commerce & Science College, Parbhani, MS, India

Keywords:

Biodiversity, Conservation, Seed Bank, Flora

Abstract

Today, global climatic changes have increased the focus on collection and utilization of potential biodiversity. Collection and preservation of plant genetic resources has gained tremendous importance in the present international scenario. Taking this into consideration, the present study was undertaken to study seed diversity of some native wild plant species of the study region and their conservation through seed bank. For this regular excursions were arranged in the study area to collect seeds of wild plant species. In all 15 different types of seeds were collected, identified with the help of floras and their economic importance was studied. The collected seeds were processed and preserved in seed bank of Department of Botany, B. Raghunath Arts, Commerce & Science College, Parbhani for further studies.

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Published

2020-04-10

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Deshmukh RS. (2020). Importance of Seed Banking in Biodiversity Conservation and Research. International Journal of Life Sciences, 8(1), 157–160. Retrieved from https://ijlsci.in/ls/index.php/home/article/view/509

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Vol. 8 No. 1 (2020): International Journal of Life Sciences

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Research Articles

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