[HTML][HTML] Plant diversity in a changing world: status, trends, and conservation needs

RT Corlett - Plant diversity, 2016 - Elsevier
The conservation of plants has not generated the sense of urgency—or the funding—that
drives the conservation of animals, although plants are far more important for us. There are …

Deterioration of orthodox seeds during ageing: Influencing factors, physiological alterations and the role of reactive oxygen species

K Zhang, Y Zhang, J Sun, J Meng, J Tao - Plant Physiology and …, 2021 - Elsevier
Seed viability is an important trait in agriculture which directly influences seedling
emergence and crop yield. However, even when stored under optimal conditions, all seeds …

[HTML][HTML] Genetic diversity targets and indicators in the CBD post-2020 Global Biodiversity Framework must be improved

S Hoban, M Bruford, JDU Jackson… - Biological …, 2020 - Elsevier
The 196 parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD) will soon agree to a post-
2020 global framework for conserving the three elements of biodiversity (genetic, species …

Reactive oxygen species as potential drivers of the seed aging process

K Kurek, B Plitta-Michalak, E Ratajczak - Plants, 2019 - mdpi.com
Seeds are an important life cycle stage because they guarantee plant survival in
unfavorable environmental conditions and the transfer of genetic information from parents to …

[HTML][HTML] Defining exceptional species—A conceptual framework to expand and advance ex situ conservation of plant diversity beyond conventional seed banking

VC Pence, A Meyer, J Linsky, J Gratzfeld… - Biological …, 2022 - Elsevier
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 …

Ex situ collections and their potential for the restoration of extinct plants

T Abeli, S Dalrymple, S Godefroid… - Conservation …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
The alarming current and predicted species extinction rates have galvanized
conservationists in their efforts to avoid future biodiversity losses, but for species extinct in …

Seed longevity—The evolution of knowledge and a conceptual framework

J Nadarajan, C Walters, HW Pritchard, D Ballesteros… - Plants, 2023 - mdpi.com
The lifespan or longevity of a seed is the time period over which it can remain viable. Seed
longevity is a complex trait and varies greatly between species and even seed lots of the …

Germplasm conservation: instrumental in agricultural biodiversity—a review

V Priyanka, R Kumar, I Dhaliwal, P Kaushik - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
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 …

[图书][B] The ecology of tropical East Asia

R Corlett - 2019 - books.google.com
Tropical East Asia is home to over one billion people and faces massive human impacts
from its rising population and rapid economic growth. It has already lost more than half of its …

Orthodoxy, recalcitrance and in-between: describing variation in seed storage characteristics using threshold responses to water loss

C Walters - Planta, 2015 - Springer
Main conclusion Discrete categories of seed physiology can be explained through a unified
concept of the structural and molecular mobility responses within cells to drying. Tolerance …