Arctic Seed Vault becomes world's most diverse collection of crop diversity
Days after celebrating its second anniversary, the Svalbard "Doomsday" Global Seed Vault is receiving this week thousands of new seeds that will push its collection to more than half a million unique samples, making it the most diverse assemblage of crop diversity ever amassed anywhere in the world.
Arctic Seed Vault becomes world's most diverse collection of crop diversity
Days after celebrating its second anniversary, the Svalbard "Doomsday" Global Seed Vault is receiving this week thousands of new seeds that will push its collection to more than half a million ...
Wed 10 Mar 10 from PhysOrg
Arctic Seed Vault becomes world's most diverse collection of crop diversity, Wed 10 Mar 10 from Biology News
Norway Doomsday Seed Vault Hits 1/2 Million Mark
The seed collection is housed 620 miles from the North Pole.
Fri 12 Mar 10 from U.S. News
Rare strawberry preserved in seed vault
SPITSBERGEN ISLAND, Norway, March 12 (UPI) -- A rare wild Russian strawberry is included in the latest shipment of seed sent to Norway for preservation in the Svalbard Global Seed Vault, officials ...
Fri 12 Mar 10 from UPI
Inside Norway's 'Doomsday Vault'
A mold-resistant bean, a German pink tomato and a wild strawberry plucked from the flanks of a Russian volcano are just some of the crops whose seeds are being tucked away this week in a giant ...
Thu 11 Mar 10 from FOXNews
'Doomsday' Seed Vault Stores 500,000 Crops
A global seed vault dug out of an arctic mountainside has just reached its half-million mark of seed varieties.
Wed 10 Mar 10 from Livescience
ARS Sends Third Seed Shipment to Norway Seed Vault
A shipment of seed sent by the Agricultural Research Service (ARS) earlier this month to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault in Norway included a wild Russian strawberry that an expeditionary team ...
Thu 11 Mar 10 from Newswise
ARS sends third seed shipment to Norway seed vault, Thu 11 Mar 10 from Eurekalert
Third seed shipment sent to Norway seed vault by USDA, Fri 12 Mar 10 from ScienceDaily
World Seed Vault Reaches Half-Million Mark
The foundation that oversees the Svalbard Global Seed Vault said Thursday that the unique Arctic "doomsday" stockpile of all the world's crop seeds has reached the half-million species ...
Fri 12 Mar 10 from RedOrbit
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