Societal Impact Statement Eroding plant diversity has serious implications for the well‐being
of humanity and our planet. Conserving plants ex situ requires technologies that are rapidly …

Plant genetic resources (PGR) underpin the security of global agriculture. Rapid global
climate change presents formidable challenges for ex situ and in situ PGR management …

With the United Nations Decade on Ecosystem Restoration, restoration of damaged
ecosystems is turning into a global movement. Restoration actions that are not based on …

Seeds of Success (SOS) is a national seed collection program led by the Bureau of Land
Management. SOS represents the most comprehensive native seed repository in the United …

Pollinator losses threaten ecosystems and food security, diminishing gene flow and
reproductive output for ecological communities and impacting ecosystem services broadly …

Seeds zones are bounded geographic areas to guide seed sourcing for landscape scale
restoration. Yet seed zones based on plant adaptative traits are lacking for most restoration …

Responses to climate change and biodiversity loss increasingly require native plants.
Citizens are encouraged to plant natives for habitat and connectivity, yet consideration of …

Humanity cannot survive without agriculture. Improving agricultural efficiency and
sustainability will play a vital role towards improving global food security considering global …

Science Societies (ACSESS) and the American Public Gardens Association (APGA). The
symposium was hosted by the World Food Prize Foundation and the Greater Des Moines …