date:Oct 26, 2023
Weigend, director of the Bonn University Botanic Gardens.
As reported last year, the seed vault received over 20,000 seed samples from 10 international gene banks to secure the future of crops and biodiversity amid the rising climate change challenges. At the time, ancient wheat, vegetables and various legumes were some of the seed crops deposited.
Secured in perpetuity
The Seed Vault has been accepting contributions from gene banks worldwide for the last 15 years in an attempt to conserve c