Megan Philpott, Valerie C Pence, Burgund Bassüner, Ashley S Clayton, Emily E D Coffey, Jason L Downing, Christine E Edwards, Raquel Folgado, Jason J Ligon, Christy Powell, Joseph Francis Ree, Alexandra E Seglias, Nellie Sugii, Peter J Zale, Jacob Zeldin
Premise: The effective ex situ conservation of exceptional plants, whether in living collections or cryo-collections, requires more resources than the conservation of other species. Because of their expertise with rare plants, botanical gardens are well positioned to lead this effort, but a well-developed strategy requires a clear understanding of the resources needed. Methods: Grant funding was obtained from the Institute of Museum and Library Services to support a three-year project on cryobanking, and to provide smaller grants to 10 other botanical gardens for one-year projects on either (1) seed behavior studies or (2) the development of protocols for in vitro propagation or cryopreservation...
September 2022: Applications in Plant Sciences