Seed Bank with Meg Englehardt
Podcast |
Earthworms
Publisher |
KDHX
Media Type |
audio
Categories Via RSS |
Natural Sciences
Science
Publication Date |
Mar 11, 2022
Episode Duration |
00:37:38

As climate change threatens native plant populations, freezers in a lab in Gray Summit, Missouri are helping to preserve seeds vital to potentially restoring communities of these plants.

     

Meg Englehardt, bank.aspx"> Seed Bank Manager for Missouri Botanical Garden, is guardian of these precious resources. What's involved with Seed Banking? Why is this (vitally!) important? And how does the Garden's work in this area contribute to biodiversity, overall? This Earthworms conversation digs into Seed Bank details.

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THANKS to Earthworms Engineer, Andy Heaslet, and to KDHX Production wizards Jon Valley and Andy Coco.

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