Swiss (I think) photographer Mario Del Curto has a book out about the Vavilov Institute, called The Seeds of the Earth. I’ve just found out about it at The Eye of Photography, but there’s a better blurb on the website of the Department of Plant Molecular Biology, Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne. Where you can also find an order form. If you don’t want to shell out the 40-odd euros, you can just look at my photos.