Well, I knew there was work being done on cold storage of seeds, but I was curious about those rare and awarded hybrids and species the AOS is out to preserve. The big advantage over live plants, as I see it, is that you can store virus-free tissue for later cloning (should the mother plant perish, or get a virus) and there is no chance of problems like that old Benlate debacle.
Species conservation is another issue, entirely. And yes, it should focus on a broader range of representation of the plants, not just what we as humans find attractive.
-Cj
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