Seed science in Australasia: regionally important, globally relevant

Lydia K. Guja; Mark K. J. Ooi; Sally L. Norton; Damian Wrigley; Bradley Desmond; Catherine A. Offord

doi:10.1071/BT23075

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Seed science in Australasia: regionally important, globally relevant

Lydia K. Guja

^A ^B ^* , Mark K. J. Ooi

^C , Sally L. Norton ^D , Damian Wrigley ^E ^F , Bradley Desmond ^E and Catherine A. Offord ^F

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^A National Seed Bank, Australian National Botanic Gardens, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.

^B Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research (a joint venture between CSIRO and Parks Australia), Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.

^C Centre for Ecosystem Science, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Science, UNSW Sydney, Sydney, NSW 2052, Australia.

^D Australian Grains Genebank, Agriculture Victoria, Horsham, Vic. 3400, Australia.

^E Australian Seed Bank Partnership, Canberra, ACT 2601, Australia.

^F Australian PlantBank, Botanic Gardens of Sydney, Mount Annan, NSW 2567, Australia.

^* Correspondence to: Lydia.Guja@csiro.au

Handling Editor: John Morgan

Australian Journal of Botany 71(7) 319-325 https://doi.org/10.1071/BT23075
Submitted: 1 September 2023 Accepted: 11 September 2023 Published: 2 November 2023

© 2023 The Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Published by CSIRO Publishing. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND)

Abstract

The crises of biodiversity loss, climate change and food security are challenges faced by the conservation and agriculture sectors. We outline, via presentations from the Australasian Seed Science Conference, how seed science is addressing these challenges. Research is focused on practical solutions for seed bank management, seed use and biodiversity conservation. Emerging trends include understanding the role of seed microbiota on plant performance and the roles of seeds in society and culture.

Keywords: genebank, germplasm, plant conservation, restoration, seed biology, seed testing, seed traits, seedbank.

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