One million seed samples deposited
The difference in figures is due to the fact that ICARDA, as the first gene bank, has withdrawn seeds from the Vault. During its ten years of operation, 76 institutes have shipped seeds to the Seed Vault. 23 of these participated in the celebration and brought new seeds to the Vault collection during a ceremony…
Nearly 3,000 pea samples from UK deposited in the Seed Vault
By depositing 2,922 samples of seeds from its large pea collection, John Innes Centre in the United Kingdom became the 88th insitute to send its seeds to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault.
The Germplasm Resource Unit at JIC, which hosts some of the most comprehensive wheat, barley, oat and pea collections in the world, prioritized peas for its first seed deposits in the Seed Vault.
Nanofilm will safeguard identity of the more than 1 mill seed samples in the Seed Vault
For the first time film strips that hold information on seed identity and other valuable information will be attached to the seed boxes. This will ensure that valuable information is not lost even if data systems with the information are disrupted or destroyed. The first film strips were attached to seed boxes in the Seed Vault by Minister of Agriculture and Food Sandra Borch on her visit to the seed deposits in 14th February 2022.
Nearly 3,000 pea samples from UK deposited in the Seed Vault
Nearly 3,000 pea samples from UK
October Deposit Carried out as Planned Despite the Pandemic
Despite the global pandemic, genebanks efforts to secure duplicate seed samples at the Svalbard Global Seed Vault are still ongoing. This week, some 15 000 new seed samples from seven genebanks were carried into the Seed Vault for safe, free-of-charge and long-term storage.
Two new first-time depositors welcomed to the Svalbard Global Seed Vault
Seeds from the gene banks in Serbia and Latvia were among the total of 14 011 seed samples that were brought into the Seed Vault this week.
Securing the foundation of our food supply at -18° Celsius
2023 marks the 15th anniversary of the Vault and with the new deposits from 9 institutions, including international, regional and national genebanks, as well as smaller collection holders, we see the collection surpass 1.25 million seed samples. The Institute of Biosciences and BioResources from Italy is depositing seeds for the first time and is the…
Depositors
The Norwegian government invites gene banks holding long-term and sustainable seed collections to deposit duplicates of their seed samples in Svalbard Global Seed Vault free of charge.
Seeds of 150 New Species Safeguarded in the Seed Vault
Around 150 species are deposited for the first time in the Seed Vault. Most of these are deposited by the Australian Pastures Genebank, which sent seeds from about 100 new species of forage crops, and almost 50 new species from the German gene bank, the Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research .