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Strengthen Ex Situ Conservation Of Plants And Promote Protection And Utilization Of Plant Resources, Ju Zhou, Ming Yang, Xiangying Wen, Nan Li, Hai Ren

Bulletin of Chinese Academy of Sciences (Chinese Version)

Plant resources are the basis of human survival and development. Due to human and natural disturbance, plant diversity is facing a serious threat. Ex situ conservation is an important way to remove the threat. Botanical garden and germplasm bank are the main institutions of ex situ conservation. A total of 105 634 species of plants have been ex situ protected in the global botanical gardens, accounting for about 30% of the global total, and more than 40% of the threatened species have been protected. More than 3 million crop germplasm resources have been collected in more than 500 germplasm banks …