New Facilities for Housing and Curation of Seed Bank of Rare and Endangered Plants of the Northeastern United States

美国东北部珍稀濒危植物种子库的安置和管理新设施

• 批准号: 0847978
• 负责人: Tristram Seidler
• 金额: $ 5.02万
• 依托单位: Native Plant Trust, Inc.
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-03-01 至 2011-02-28
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0847978&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: New; Facilities; Housing; Curation; Seed

A National Science Foundation grant has been awarded to New England Wild Flower Society, the nation's oldest plant conservation organization, to improve its Seed Bank of rare and endangered plants of the Northeastern US. The Seed Bank is a critical conservation resource that has been used to replace lost and declining populations of federally endangered and regionally rare plant species. The collection of live seeds will be moved to a newly built LEED-certified facility and the Seed Bank's infrastructure upgraded to meet current curatorial standards. This includes improved processing, storage, and testing equipment that will permit the collection to grow beyond its current capacity, and to better serve the plant conservation community.Seed banks for wild plant species are a last line of defense against extinction or extirpation due to climate and land-use changes. Because seeds of many plants may be kept viable indefinitely under optimum conditions, at low cost, and retrieved for propagation and reintroduction on demand, seed banks are among the most effective and economical conservation tools. New England Wild Flower Society's Seed Bank of rare and endangered plants of the Northeastern US, established in 1980, has been operative in restoring populations of federally endangered species. The proposed upgrades and expansion will enhance applied conservation efforts and promote research on rare plants.

美国国家科学基金会已向美国最古老的植物保护组织新英格兰野花协会提供拨款，以改善其美国东北部珍稀濒危植物的种子库。种子库是重要的保护资源，已用于替代联邦濒临灭绝和区域稀有植物物种的消失和下降。 活种子的收集将转移到新建的 LEED 认证设施，种子库的基础设施也将升级以满足当前的管理标准。 这包括改进加工、储存和测试设备，使收集量能够超出其目前的容量，并更好地为植物保护界服务。野生植物物种种子库是防止因气候和土地利用变化而灭绝或灭绝的最后一道防线。 由于许多植物的种子可以在最佳条件下以低成本无限期地保持活力，并且可以根据需要进行繁殖和重新引入，因此种子库是最有效和经济的保护工具之一。 新英格兰野花协会美国东北部珍稀濒危植物种子库成立于 1980 年，一直致力于恢复联邦濒危物种的数量。 拟议的升级和扩建将加强应用保护工作并促进对稀有植物的研究。