Sentences with phrase «seed storage»

In 2002, they obtained the original seed of both varieties, frozen in liquid nitrogen, from the USDA's National Seed Storage Lab in Fort Collins.

FUS3pro:: WRI1 / 12s1.4: seed of the transgenic plant with extended oil synthesis phase and disrupted formation of major seed storage proteins.

He and others believe that the only way to get allergen - free nuts will be to add back non-allergenic seed storage genes after silencing the original copies.

Aiming for an elite breeding of germplasm, the facility has an area dedicated to seed processing, and separate rooms for seed storage.

Way up north, in the permafrost, 1300 kilometers beyond the Arctic Circle, is the world's largest secure seed storage.

Norway's government said the vault is in an «ideal location for long - term seed storage» since it is «well above» sea level and surrounded by permafrost, which provides natural cooling, according to the project's website.

Farmers original seed cleaning equipment is now illegal, Farmer can still seed clean but the equipment now has to be certified, special seed storage facilities are also needed... specialised harvesting and transport equipment... to get it up to code would possible require $ 1.5 M... for EACH line of seed.

The deeper problem with the single focus on ex situ seed storage, that the Svalbard Vault reinforces, is that it is fundamentally unjust.

Crop choices, for example, are not based purely on resistance to drought or disease but on factors such as cultural preferences, palatability, and seed storage capacity (Scoones et al., 2005).

Seed storage proteins, which provide nitrogen for germinating seeds, also showed up in different concentrations — some higher, some lower — than in regular soy.

Young workers start out low in the nest, looking after the brood and the queen, and then move upward as they age, taking on more - responsible jobs — «general nest maintenance, food preparation, seed storage.

Seed storage in no way diminishes the expectations of farmers.

National Seed Storage Laboratory (NSSL)- Main Page U.S. Dept. of Agriculture - Agricultural Research Service; The National Seed Storage Laboratory (NSSL) is a USDA, ARS facility located on the Colorado State University campus in Fort Collins, Colorado.

Seed storage is very distinct as well compared to other models on the market.