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Preferred term

seed bank

Definition

  • [Henderson's] a conservation collection of seeds of wild plant species and cultivated varieties, usually of important crop plants, kept in long-term storage, usually freeze­dried under liquid nitrogen.

Broader concept

Scope note

  • US LTER controlled vocabulary

Contributor

  • nsb@ceh.ac.uk@ceh.ac.uk

Creator

  • herbert.schentz@umweltbundesamt.at

URI

http://vocabs.lter-europe.net/EnvThes/20536

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