Germplasm is a valuable natural resource that provides knowledge about the genetic
composition of a species and is crucial for conserving plant diversity. Germplasm protection …

The alarming current and predicted species extinction rates have galvanized
conservationists in their efforts to avoid future biodiversity losses, but for species extinct in …

Across the globe, an expanding circle of care is encompassing a growing number of species
through efforts targeting biodiversity, profoundly revising the line between humans and …

Plant diversity is currently being lost at an unprecedented rate, resulting in an associated
decrease in ecosystem services. About a third of the world's vascular plant species face the …

Evolutionary adaptation drives biodiversity. So far, however, evolutionary thinking has had
limited impact on plans to counter the effects of climate change on biodiversity and …

Ex situ conservation is widely used to protect wild plant species from extinction. However, it
remains unclear how genetic variation of ex situ plant collections reflects diversity of wild …

Woody perennial plants make up nearly half of plant diversity and represent one‐third of the
world's major crop species, yet effective strategies to maintain and preserve these important …

Abstract The Millennium Seed Bank (MSB) Partnership, developed and managed by the
Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (RBG Kew), conserves propagules primarily from orthodox …

The recent acceleration of actions to conserve plant species using ex situ and in situ
strategies has revealed the need to understand how these two approaches might be better …

Premise of research. Conservation of plant species often requires ex situ (off-site) cultivation
of living collections. Cycads constitute the most imperiled major group of plants, and ex situ …