NOAH’S ARK FOR CHINESE SEED PLANTS-THE SEED BANK OF THE GERMPLASM BANK OF WILD SPECIES IN SOUTHWEST CHINA / DU Yan, YANG Xiangyun, LI Tuojing, LI Lianyi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yan, DU, Author.

Lianyi, LI, Author.

Tuojing, LI, Author.

Xiangyun, YANG, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Warsaw ; Berlin : Sciendo, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

This book introduces the seed bank of the Seed Ark of Wild Plants in Southwest China from a professional perspective, which is one of the China Big Science Facilities. It aims to promote the protection, development, and utilization of various wild plant seed resources preserved in the "Ark of Seeds". As science and technology keep progressing, maybe one day, we may take the little lives sleeping in the “Ark of Seeds” to start a splendid journey to the universe, and they will recreate the green forests and grasslands in some suitable planet, and create a new legend in that new planet.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Chapter 1: Will There Be the Sixth Mass Extinction

Chapter 2: The Great Seeds: The Mysterious World of Seeds

Chapter 3: The Ark of Seeds

Chapter 4: The Establishment and Development of the Seed Ark of Wild Plants in China

Chapter 5: Exploring the Seed Ark of Wild Plants in China

Chapter 6: The Treasures in the Seed Ark of Wild Plants in China

Chapter 7: China's Seed Ark of Wild Plants and Its Global Reputation

Chapter 8: The Future of the Ark of Seeds of China's Wild Plants

Reference

Notes:

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 07. Mrz 2024)

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

ISBN:

9788366675940

8366675947