In an effort to conserve [[agricultural biodiversity]], gene banks are used to store and conserve the [[plant genetic resources]] of major crop plants and their [[crop wild relatives]]. There are many gene banks all over the world, with the [[Svalbard Global Seed Vault]] being probably the most famous one.<ref>On practical and theoretical differences between a storage and a gene bank, see [[Nicole C. Karafyllis]] (ed.): ''Theorien der Lebendsammlung. Pflanzen, Mikroben und Tiere als Biofakte in Genbanken'' (in German), Freiburg: Karl Alber 2018 (''Lebenswissenschaften im Dialog'' Vol. 25) {{ISBN|978-3-495-48975-8}}</ref> |
In an effort to conserve [[agricultural biodiversity]], gene banks are used to store and conserve the [[plant genetic resources]] of major crop plants and their [[crop wild relatives]]. There are many gene banks all over the world, with the [[Svalbard Global Seed Vault]] being probably the most famous one.<ref>On practical and theoretical differences between a storage and a gene bank, see [[Nicole C. Karafyllis]] (ed.): ''Theorien der Lebendsammlung. Pflanzen, Mikroben und Tiere als Biofakte in Genbanken'' (in German), Freiburg: Karl Alber 2018 (''Lebenswissenschaften im Dialog'' Vol. 25) {{ISBN|978-3-495-48975-8}}</ref> |