Seeds head for cold storage

By Gregor Heard
Updated September 27 2018 - 12:34pm, first published January 31 2018 - 7:00am
Dr Kim Ritman, Australia's chief plant protection officer, inspects seed due to be sent to the Global Seed Vault in Norway. Photo: Ali Kuchel.
Dr Kim Ritman, Australia's chief plant protection officer, inspects seed due to be sent to the Global Seed Vault in Norway. Photo: Ali Kuchel.

THE AUSTRALIAN plant breeding sector is sending a second consignment of seed from seed banks across the country to the so-called ‘Doomsday Vault’ at Svalbard, in Norway.

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