• Long-Term Storage and Longevity of Orthodox Seeds: A Systematic Review 

      Solberg, Svein Øivind; Yndgaard, Flemming; Andreasen, Christian; von Bothmer, Roland; Loskutov, Igor; Asdal, Åsmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      As part of conservation of plant genetic resources, long-term storage of seeds is highly relevant for genebanks. Here we present a systematic review and a meta-analysis of studies on seed longevity focusing on half-life ...
    • Morphological Characterization of Nordic Horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) 

      Wedelsbäck Bladh, Katarina; Yndgaard, Flemming; Liljeroth, Erland; Asdal, Åsmund; Suojala-Ahlfors, Terhi; Solberg, Svein Øivind; Kolodinska, agnese (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2019)
      Morphological diversity was studied in 101 accessions of horseradish (Armoracia rusticana) collected from old gardens in Denmark, Norway, Finland and Sweden. The characterization work was performed over three years,where ...
    • Seed germination after 30 years storage in permafrost 

      Solberg, Svein Øivind; Brodal, Guro; von Bothmer, Roland; Meen, Eivind; Yndgaard, Flemming; Andreasen, C; Asdal, Åsmund (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      More than 30 years ago, the Nordic Gene Bank established a long-term experiment on seeds stored under permafrost conditions in an abandoned mine corridor in Svalbard, as a tool to monitor storage life under these conditions. ...
    • Seed Longevity and Survival of Seed Borne Diseases after 30 Year’s Conservation in Permafrost. REPORT FROM THE 100 YEAR STORAGE EXPERIMENT 

      Asdal, Åsmund; Brodal, Guro; Solberg, Svein Øivind; Yndgaard, Flemming; von Bothmer, Roland; Meen, Eivind (Research report, 2019)
      The Nordic Gene bank established the 100 year seed storage experiment in Coal mine no. 3 outside Longyearbyen in 1986. Security duplicate samples of the Nordic seed collection had been deposited in permafrost in the coal ...