The last great plant hunt: the story of Kew's Millennium seed bank
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| adam_text | The last great plant hunt
The story of Kew s Millennium Seed Bank
Carolyn Fry, Sue Seddon and Gail Vines
Kew Publishing
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
Contents
Foreword
by HRH Prince of Wales 6
1 What is the last great plant hunt?
A quest to save biodiversity before it is too late 10
Insight: Nature s life-givjng works of art 14
How seeds underpin human evolution 16
Treasure Hunt: Tsodilo daisy 20
Banking wild seeds gives an insurance policy for plants 22
Job Profile: Wolfgang Stuppy - Seed Morphologist 26
2 Conserving wild plants on a global scale
How Kew Gardens became a powerhouse of plant science 30
Reaching out to save seeds and halt biodiversity loss 34
Insight: A short history of banking seeds 38
Insight: The history of seed banking at Kew 40
Two types of seeds pose a quandary for conservation 42
The three E s provide a priority for saving 44
Treasure Hunt: Starfruit 46
Job Profile: Paul Smith - Head of the Seed Conservation Unit 48
3 In search of the world s seeds
Findingthe best places to collect seeds 52
Insight: International partnerships 56
The band of botanists who forge partnerships 58
Job Profile: Tim Pearce - International Coordinator 60
Job Profile: Michael Way - International Coordinator 62
Job Profile: Michiel van Slageren - International Coordinator 64
Job Profile: Moctar Sacande - International Coordinator 66
Job Profile: Clare Trivedi - International Coordinator 68
Treasure Hunt: Syrian bear s breeches 70
Local botanists build a global seed bank 72
Job Profile: Dan Duval - Seed Collector 74
How botanists gather seeds from the world s precious flora 76
Tracking down a lost plant in China s limestone country 78
Bringing the world s rare orchids back from the brink of extinction 80
Desert mission safeguards rarities 82
ScouringChile s hills for endangered botanical bounty 86
4 The science of saving seeds for posterity
Inside the most biodiverse building on planet Earth 92
Job Profile: Keith Manger - Laboratory and Building Manager 96
Insight: The journey of a seed through the Seed Bank 100
Preparing seeds for storage in the subterranean seed vault 102
Job Profile: John Adams-Technology Expert 110
Cutting-edge seed research 114
Unravelling the mystery of how long seeds live 116
Treasure Hunt: Botanic booty 120
springs to life 122
The quest for the germination predictor 124
Job Profile: Robin Probert - Head of Seed Conservation and Technology 126
Understanding how seeds rely on seasonal shifts 128
To dry or not to dry? Understanding recalcitrant seeds 130
Job Profile: Hugh Pritchard-Head of Research 132
Searching for the el ixir of plant life 134
5 Sharing knowledge and putting seeds to work
Exchanging seed secrets with global partners 140
Job Profile: Vanessa Sutcliffe - Technology Specialist 142
Job Profile: Kate Gold - Training Manager 144
Sharing seed knowledge boosts local livelihoods 146
Insight: Where are they now - former students around the world 148
SID shares data with others 150
Growing useful plants in villages around the globe 152
Useful Plants Project: safeguarding plants for local communities 154
Restoring habitats in South Africa 158
Restoring habitats in the Middle East 160
Restoring habitats in Australia and the USA 162
Interviews around the world: Jie Cai, Chin 164
Interviews around the world: Masego Kruger, Botswana 1 Ct
Treasure Hunt: Willowmore cedar 168
Propagating threatened cacti and bulbs in Chile 170
Job Profile: Rosemary Newton-Seed Germination Specialist 172
6 Breathing life into degraded ecosystems
Saved seeds spring to life and restore damaged habitats 176
Helping partners use difficult seeds 180
Founding heroes of the Millennium Seed Bank Project 184
Saving the endangered triangular club rush 186
Find out more 188
Index 190
Acknowledgements/Photography credits 192
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