• 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 ...
    • 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 ...