Vicky Philpott
Seed Collections Assistant
I carry out the initial receipt and assessment of incoming seed bank collections, followed by the cleaning, x-raying, counting, banking and germination-testing of the received collections. I set germination conditions for the germination tests undertaken by my team and enter results onto the Seed Bank Database. I help supervise volunteers when necessary and train visitors and new staff as required. I am responsible for the germination of fern and orchid collections when necessary.
- BSc (Hons) Environmental Biology, Aberystwyth University, 2002
Nebot, A., Philpott, V., Pajdo, A. & Ballesteros, D. (2021).
Cryopreservation of Fern Spores and Pollen.
Methods Mol Biol 2180: 623-637.
Gosling, P.G., McCartan, S.A., Ives, L.M., Cunningham, V.J., Squirrell, J. & Thomas, P. (2008).
Preliminary observations on fruit handling, seed germination and chloroplast inheritance of an Amentotaxus hybrid arising at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh from A. argotaenia (F) x A. formosana(M).
Sibbaldia 6: 101-115.
Kerr, G., Gosling, P., Morgan, G., Stokes, V., Cunningham, V. & Parratt, M. (2008).
Seed production and seedling survival in a 50 year-old stand of Corsican pine (Pinus nigra subsp. laricio) in southern Britain.
Forestry 81: 525-541.