seedbank
Crop diversity archive
A seedbank is a facility that stores seeds for long-term preservation, protecting genetic diversity against crop failure, climate change, or extinction.
The most famous is the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway.
In ecology, seedbank also refers to the dormant seeds naturally present in soil, waiting for conditions favorable to germination.
Hereditary tissue for propagation
- accessionAttainment of high office
- viabilityCapacity to succeed
- cryopreservationLow-temperature biological preservation
- DNAHereditary code molecule
alleles · genotype · traits · chromosomes · variation · genes · polymorphism · genomics
Maintaining something's condition
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
- SvalbardNorwegian Arctic archipelago
Millennium · safeguarding · restoration · reintroduction · rewilding · stewardship · resilience · survival
Secure storage chamber
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- collectionGathered set of items
- depositorySecure storage location
- catalogOrdered list of items
archive · index · inventory · curation · specimens · samples · duplicates · database
Inactive but capable
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- transientTemporary, soon departing
- naturalNot artificially produced
woodland · meadow · disturbance · fire · tillage · recruitment · regeneration · seasonal
Cultivated agricultural plants
- harvestGathering mature crops
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
- breedingReproductive cultivation of organisms
yield · farmer · cultivation · horticulture · agronomy · sowing · propagation · nursery
germplasm
Hereditary tissue for propagation
- accessionAttainment of high office
- viabilityCapacity to succeed
- cryopreservationLow-temperature biological preservation
DNA · alleles · genotype · traits · chromosomes · variation · genes · polymorphism · genomics · inheritance
preservation
Maintaining something's condition
- endangeredAt risk of extinction
- extinctionComplete vanishing of a species
- threatenedExpressed intent to harm
Svalbard · Millennium · safeguarding · restoration · reintroduction · rewilding · stewardship · resilience · survival · species
vault
Secure storage chamber
- storageSpace for keeping goods
- collectionGathered set of items
- depositorySecure storage location
catalog · archive · index · inventory · curation · specimens · samples · duplicates · database · cold storage
dormant
Inactive but capable
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
- persistentContinuing despite difficulty
- transientTemporary, soon departing
natural · woodland · meadow · disturbance · fire · tillage · recruitment · regeneration · seasonal · wildflower
crop
Cultivated agricultural plants
- harvestGathering mature crops
- plantingPlacing seeds in earth
- germinationSeed's initial growth phase
breeding · yield · farmer · cultivation · horticulture · agronomy · sowing · propagation · nursery · selection
- forest restorationreforestation, tree planting, natural regeneration, regrowth, seedlings
seedbanknursery
Room for infants
greenhouse · plantation · farm · orchard · field
seedbankextinction event
Catastrophic biodiversity collapse
extinction · deforestation · habitat destruction · biodiversity loss · species extinction
seedbankseed dispersal
Transport of plant embryos
sowing · seeding · planting · distribution center · seed exchange
bank, seed, seeds, seedy, seeded, seedling, seminal, seeding, riverbank