The tribe of genebankers gets a visit

by Luigi Guarino on February 17, 2010

Peter [Curran] meets the botanists who won the lottery. Seed conservation used to be rather marginal to the main scientific activity at The Royal Botanic Gardens at Kew. That is, until, the scientists who preserve seeds for future generations asked for and received 30 million pounds.

It’s a BBC programme and you have 7 days left to listen to it. It provides an interesting insight into a particular, albeit unique, genebank — if you can get past Mr Curran’s sardonic attitude.

{ 1 comment… read it below or add one }

Adam February 17, 2010 at 8:30 pm

The programme is here

Reply

Leave a Comment