Seed science in Australasia: regionally important, globally relevant

Seed banks needed to restore ecosystems

(2023) Uromi Manage Goodale et al.   SCIENCE

Integrating seed microbiome knowledge into restoration and ex situ conservation of native Australian plants

(2023) Allison A. Mertin et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Maintaining separate maternal lines increases the value and applications of seed collections

(2023) Marlien M. van der Merwe et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Impact of extreme heatwaves and life-history traits on seed germination responses in Cumberland Plain Woodland native plant species

(2023) Philippa R. Alvarez et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Unpacking the recruitment potential of seeds in reconstructed soils and varying rainfall patterns

(2023) Todd E. Erickson et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Are orthodox Australian rainforest seeds short-lived in storage?

(2023) Karen D. Sommerville et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

Novel and emerging seed science research from early to middle career researchers at the Australasian Seed Science Conference, 2021

(2023) Susan E. Everingham et al.   AUSTRALIAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY

SeedArc, a global archive of primary seed germination data

(2023) Eduardo Fernández‐Pascual et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Ex situ germplasm collections of exceptional species are a vital part of the conservation of Australia's national plant treasures

(2023) Amelia J. Martyn Yenson et al.   Plants People Planet

Defining exceptional species—A conceptual framework to expand and advance ex situ conservation of plant diversity beyond conventional seed banking

(2022) Valerie C. Pence et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Gap analysis of exceptional species—Using a global list of exceptional plants to expand strategic ex situ conservation action beyond conventional seed banking

(2022) Valerie C. Pence et al.   BIOLOGICAL CONSERVATION

Treasuring crop wild relative diversity: analysis of success from the seed collecting phase of the ‘Adapting Agriculture to Climate Change’ project

(2021) Jonas V. Müller et al.   GENETIC RESOURCES AND CROP EVOLUTION

AusTraits, a curated plant trait database for the Australian flora

(2021) Daniel Falster et al.   Scientific Data

Plant Diversity Conservation Challenges and Prospects—The Perspective of Botanic Gardens and the Millennium Seed Bank

(2021) Elinor Breman et al.   Plants-Basel

Conserving orthodox seeds of globally threatened plants ex situ in the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK: the status of seed collections

(2020) Udayangani Liu et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

The Role of Genetic Resources in Breeding for Climate Change: The Case of Public Breeding Programmes in Eighteen Developing Countries

(2020) Gea Galluzzi et al.   Plants-Basel

World Scientists’ Warning of a Climate Emergency

(2019) William J Ripple et al.   BIOSCIENCE

The conservation value of germplasm stored at the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK

(2018) Udayangani Liu et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Editorial special issue: the soil, the seed, the microbes and the plant

(2018) Eric B. Nelson et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Seeds of future past: climate change and the thermal memory of plant reproductive traits

(2018) Eduardo Fernández-Pascual et al.   BIOLOGICAL REVIEWS

A research agenda for seed-trait functional ecology

(2018) Arne Saatkamp et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines

(2017) Gerardo Ceballos et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

Reduced metabolic rate indicates declining viability in seed collections: an experimental proof-of-concept

(2017) Emma L Dalziell et al.   Conservation Physiology

Global Ex-Situ Crop Diversity Conservation and the Svalbard Global Seed Vault: Assessing the Current Status

(2013) Ola T. Westengen et al.   PLoS One

Advances in seed conservation of wild plant species: a review of recent research

(2013) F. R. Hay et al.   Conservation Physiology

Reconciling biodiversity conservation and food security: scientific challenges for a new agriculture

(2010) Lijbert Brussaard et al.   Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability