Millennium Seed Bank Project

Projects

A Genomic Approach to Understanding Seed Dormancy

A Novel Role for Phytochrome in Dormancy Release Inhibition

Biophysical Aspects of Seed Ageing (Orthodox Seeds)

Comparative Longevity (Orthodox Seeds)

Darwin Initiative Research Exercise on Community Tree Seeds (DIRECTS) in Africa

Development of Predictive Tool of Germination Requirements for MSB Collections

Do ‘Intermediate’ Seeds Exist? Towards a Mechanistic Understanding of Cold Stress

Does One Seed Collection Represent the Genetic Diversity of a Population? A Seed Harvest Study

Establishing the Use of Metabolomics / Genomics to Identify Diagnostic Markers of Seed Quality

European Native Seed Conservation Network (ENSCONET)

Ex situ Conservation of Endemic, Endangered and Vulnerable Plant Species from the Arid Lands of Chile

Ex situ Conservation of Plant Germplasm from Arid and Semi-Arid Zones of Mexico

Ex Situ Conservation of Recalcitrant Seeds: Towards the Delivery of Target 8 of the GSPC

Ex Situ Conservation of Threatened Chilean Flora Through Propagation

Frequency of Desiccation Tolerance in Targeted Taxa, including Palms: Ecological Associations and Predictions

Genetic Polymorphisms in Populations of Aesculus hippocastanum across Europe

Germination Micro-Site Perception: the Role of Light Quality and Quantity

Improving the Identification, Handling and Storage of ‘Difficult’ Seeds

Interactions between Climate and Plant Species Function and Distribution for Recalcitrant Seeded Taxa

Investigating Seed Drying: the Development of Low Technology Drying Options and Methods for Measuring Seed Moisture Status

Jumping Seed Storage Types: Effect of Developmental Heat Sum at Continental Scales on the Seed Desiccation Tolerance Trait

Legume Seed Collection for the Millennium Seed Bank

Maternal Environment and Provenance Effects on Seed Longevity

Maternal Environment Effects on Seed Germination and Dormancy: Inter-Site and -Season Comparisons

Maximising Longevity in Orchids and other Socio-economically Important, but Potentially Short-lived, Species

Maximising Seed Quality: Maturity and Post-harvest Studies

Millennium Seed Bank Project China Programme

Millennium Seed Bank Project in Jordan

Millennium Seed Bank Project in Lebanon

Millennium Seed Bank Project in Namibia

Millennium Seed Bank Project in South Africa

Millennium Seed Bank Project in Tasmania

Millennium Seed Bank Project in the Northern Territory of Australia

Moisture Relations of Seed Longevity (and their Limits; Orthodox Seeds)

Molecular and Biophysical Dissection of Changes in Dormancy in Seeds of Sisymbrium officinale and Arabidopsis thaliana

MSB Enhancement Project Part 1A – Species Targeting

Non-Invasive Techniques in Seed Metabolomics

Oilseeds – Biogeographical Effects on Composition in Relation to Sustainable Use 

Oxidative Stress and Death Phenomena

Plant Diversity Challenge: the Official UK Response to the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation

Programmed Cell Death in Seeds

Proteome Responses to Desiccation in Talauma ovata Seeds

Reactive Oxygen Species as Markers of Seed Quality

Rehydration / Priming Treatment Effects on Seed Quality

Review and Improvement of Farm-Based Post-Harvest Handling and Seed Storage Technologies

Role of ‘Underdeveloped’ Embryos in Germination/ Dormancy Problems

Screening for Physical Dormancy (MSBP Collections)

Collecting and Conserving Threatened and Useful Wild Species from Botswana and Building Seed Conservation Capacity

Collecting and Conserving Wild Species from Burkina Faso and Mali and Building Seed Conservation Capacity

Collecting and Conserving Wild Species from Madagascar and Building Seed Conservation Capacity

Collecting and Conserving Wild Species from Malawi and Building Seed Conservation Capacity

Western Everlasting: A Seed Conservation Collaboration between the WA Dept of Conservation & Land Management, Kings Park & Botanic Gardens, Greening Australia (WA) and the RBG Kew Millennium Seed Bank Project

SACRED Seeds: A Seed Conservation Partnership between the Botanic Gardens of Adelaide and the RBG Kew Millennium Seed Bank Project

SEEDS FOR LIFE: a Seed Partnership between Kenya Seed Conservation Agencies and the RBG Kew Millennium Seed Bank Project

A Seed Conservation Partnership between Tanzanian Seed Conservation Organisations and the RBG Kew Millennium Seed Bank Project

Seeds for Life (Qld): a Seed Conservation Partnership between the QSEED Consortium and the RBG Kew Millennium Seed Bank Project

Seed Information Database (SID)

Seed Responses to Climate Change and Environmental Extremes

Seed Viability and Ageing Defined by Glutathione Redox Potential

SeedQuest New South Wales: An International Partnership for Plant Conservation

Seeds of Success USA: Native Plant Materials for Conservation and Restoration

Separating Cardinal Temperatures for Seed Dormancy and Germination in Temperate, Sub-Tropical and Tropical Species

Solving Seed Germination Problems in Conservation Collections

The Role of Nitrate in Breaking Dormancy

The Victorian Conservation Seedbank

Theme: Climate and Reproductive Biology

Theme: Diagnosis of Viability and Germination

Theme: Ecophysiology and Morphology

Theme: Genetics and Chemical Traits

Theme: Post-Harvest Technology

Theme: Preservation Technology

Theme: Science of Ageing

Unwelcome Guests? The Seed Biology of Invasive Species