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Conserving the gene pool of Far Eastern plants by means of seed cryopreservation

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Cryotolerance of seeds has been studied in 103 plant species of 33 families from five regions of the Russian Far East. In 89.1% of these species, seed viability has not decreased in the course of cryogenic storage. Six species have shown interpopulation variation in the seed response to extremely low temperature (−196°C). Freezing in liquid nitrogen, which results in deep anabiosis, can be used as a means for long-term seed storage. A preliminary assessment of genetic diversity at the population level provides for the maximum possible mobilization of the species gene pool. The results of this study contribute to the development of a scientific basis for creating a seed bank of the Far Eastern flora with the purpose to conserve and restore biological resources of the region.

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Original Russian Text © A.B. Kholina, N.M. Voronkova, 2008, published in Izvestiya Akademii Nauk, Seriya Biologicheskaya, 2008, No. 3, pp. 304–312.

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Kholina, A.B., Voronkova, N.M. Conserving the gene pool of Far Eastern plants by means of seed cryopreservation. Biol Bull Russ Acad Sci 35, 262–269 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1134/S1062359008030060

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