Capturing, protecting and restoring plant diversity in the UK: RBG Kew and the Millennium Seed Bank

作     者：Ted Chapman Stephanie Miles Clare Trivedi 

作者机构：Royal Botanic Gardens Kew 

出 版 物：《Plant Diversity》 (植物多样性（英文版）)

年 卷 期：2019年第41卷第2期

页      面：124-131页

核心收录：

学科分类：0710[理学-生物学] 0830[工学-环境科学与工程（可授工学、理学、农学学位）] 07[理学] 0901[农学-作物学] 0902[农学-园艺学] 0713[理学-生态学] 

基　　金：carried out in partnership with Dan Danahar and the Dorothy Stringer School, who also provided funding for this work funded by Natural England funded by the Esmee Fairbairn Foundation funded by The People's Postcode Lottery 

主　　题：Seed banking Ex situ conservation Botanic garden Species-reintroduction Ecological restoration Native seed production 

摘      要：Ex situ seed banking is a practical and cost-effective means of preserving wild plant diversity and a crucial complement to the in situ conservation and restoration of species and habitats. As pressures on the natural environment have grown, so has the call for seed banks to provide scientifically-robust,practical solutions to seed-related problems in nature conservation, from single-species recovery and reintroduction to the restoration of complex, dynamic communities at the largest scales. In this paper, we discuss how the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and its Millennium Seed Bank have responded to this call in the United Kingdom. We demonstrate that banked seed collections can provide a range of otherwiseunavailable, high quality, known-origin, genetically-diverse biological materials. The data, expertise and specialist facilities that accompany these collections are also valuable, helping overcome constraints to the collection, production and effective use of native seed. Challenges remain-to ensure ex situ collections protect the species and genetic diversity that will enable plants to adapt to a changing environment, and to find new ways for seed banks to mobilise their resources at a landscape scale.