The market for ornamental plants is growing every year, becoming an important part of the
economy. Every year hundreds of new cultivars, replacing the current assortment, are …

The multiple, complex risks to plant species survival are increasing, and conservation
strategies that include ex situ as well as in situ approaches are needed now more than ever …

In the face of habitat loss and a changing climate, there is a growing need for increased
efforts to conserve plant biodiversity. The genetic diversity of many crops is well represented …

Many species of ferns and lycophytes are threatened by habitat destruction, over-collecting,
invasive species, and climate change, and plans to secure their in situ and ex situ …

As algal biotechnology develops, there is an increasing requirement to conserve cultures
without the cost, time and genetic stability implications of conventional serial transfers …

Horsetails are unique survivors of a very ancient group of vascular plants, the Sphenophyta,
which has a history reaching back to the Upper Devonian. Despite the striking conservatism …

Approximately one fifth of the world's plants are at risk of extinction. Of these, a significant
number exist as populations of few individuals, with limited distribution ranges and under …

BACKGROUND: The low temperature of liquid nitrogen is assumed to stop ageing and
preserve viability indefinitely, however there are few validating data sets. The use of seeds …

Cryopreservation is increasingly important as a conservation tool, particularly for threatened
exceptional species. The goal of this study was to investigate the current knowledge of plant …

This study explores the temperature dependency of the aging rate in dry cells over a broad
temperature range encompassing the fluid to solid transition (Tg) and well below. Spores …