Banking for future: An initiative for developing seed bank
Abstract
Natural plant populations serve as repositories of genetic diversity. Seed collection is one of the most practical and effective ways for the preservation of wild populations of native plants. It is evident that plant species are already endangered by habitat loss, and the additional threats posed by climate make plant conservation even more challenging. It is an urgent need to initiate collection and conservation of plant genetic resources. Taking this into consideration, the present research work was undertaken to study seed diversity of some native wild plant species of the study region and their conservation through seed bank. For this purpose regular excursions were arranged in the study area to collect seeds of native wild plant species. In all 16 different type of seeds were collected, identified with help of floras and their economic importance was studied through literature and were preserved in seed bank of Department of Botany, B. Raghunath Arts, Commerce & Science College, Parbhani for further studies.
Key words: Biodiversity, Seed bank, Conservation, Flora.
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