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Wildlife seed bank in SW China preserves over 10,000 plant species
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A flock of birds rest at the shoreside of the Dianchi Lake in Kunming, Yunnan Province, November 24, 2018. /CFP

A flock of birds rest at the shoreside of the Dianchi Lake in Kunming, Yunnan Province, November 24, 2018. /CFP

The wildlife germplasm bank in southwest China has preserved 10,601 species of wild plant seeds, according to Kunming Institute of Botany under the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

Founded in 2007, the seed bank affiliated to the institute includes a seed pool, a DNA bank, a microbial bank, an animal germplasm resource bank, among others. It is the only comprehensive preservation facility for storing wildlife germplasm resources in China and the largest wildlife germplasm pool in Asia.

"Wildlife germplasm resources have great application potential in the biological industry, winning global attention, especially for the collection and preservation of wild plants," said Yu Fuqiang, deputy director of the seed bank.

The bank has preserved 85,046 plant seeds of 10,601 species, accounting for 36 percent of the total flowering plant species in China, Yu said.

Source(s): Xinhua News Agency

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