Site map

• Why save seeds?
  • All life depends on plants
    • Food
    • Healthcare
    • Fibres
    • Fuel
    • Building materials
    • Products
    • Ornamental and social
    • Ecosystem services
  • Plants are threatened
    • Habitat loss
    • Invasive alien species
    • Over-exploitation
    • Climate change
  • Seed banks save plants
• What We Do
  • Collect Seeds
    • Important species and habitats
      • Endangered species
      • Endemic species
      • Economic species
      • Species needed for restoration
    • How we collect
      • Getting permission
      • Expeditions
      • Finding the plants
      • Identify the target plant
      • Assessment
      • Sampling
      • Collecting the seeds
      • Collecting data
      • Care after harvest
      • Shipping
• Storing Seeds
• Unpacking of consignment
• Data recording
• Clean and test the seeds
  • Assessment of likely seed storage characteristics
  • Seed cleaning
  • Visual check on the quality of the collection
  • Seed quantity determination
  • Drying
  • Packaging
• Identification at the Herbarium
• Accession and Storage
• Monitoring
• Growing out
• Storing seeds for others
• Use Seeds
  • Conservation
  • Research
• Solve Problems
• Build Capacity
  • Training
    • 3-week residential course in Seed Conservation Techniques
    • In-country training courses
    • Informal technical training
    • Postgraduate training
    • Specialist workshops
    • Kew International Diploma in Plant Conservation Strategies
  • Technologies
    • Examples of technology transfer
      • Seed drying and storage in Mali and Burkina Faso
      • Measuring seed moisture in Malawi
      • Seed bank design in Tasmania
    • Improving Seed Banking Technologies
      • Measuring moisture
      • Seed drying
      • Container testing
      • Storage life
      • Breaking dormancy
      • Seed ripening
  • Information sharing
    • Seed Information Database (SID)
    • Technical information sheets
    • Scientific enquiries
    • Publications
• Where we work
  • UK
  • Worldwide
  • Australia
    • Western Australia
    • New South Wales
    • Queensland
    • South Australia
    • Tasmania
    • Victoria
    • Northern Territory
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Chile
  • China
  • EUROPE
  • Jordan
  • Kenya
  • Lebanon
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mexico
  • Namibia
  • Republic of South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • United Kingdom
  • UK Overseas Territories
  • USA
  • Other places
• Science & Technology
  • Themes and Projects
    • Climate and reproductive biology
    • Genetics and chemical traits
    • Post-harvest technology
    • Preservation technology
    • Science of ageing
    • Diagnosis of viability and germination
    • Ecophysiology and morphology
  • Publications
    • Journal articles
    • Technical Information sheets and manuals
    • Theses
    • Books
    • Book chapters
    • Book reviews (by SCD staff)
    • Booklets and leaflets
    • Newsletters
  • Research Collaborators and Networks
    • Darwin Initiative Research Exercise on Community Tree Seeds (DIRECTS)
    • CryoConservation Centre for sub-Sahara Africa (CCESSA)
    • Palm Seed Network
    • Cryopreservation network
  • Who we advise
  • Seed Information Database (SID)
• Visit the MSBP
  • The Wellcome Trust Millennium Building
    • Architectural design and build
    • Key Facts
    • Landscape
    • Image gallery
• How you can help
• Contact and Enquiries
  • Staff list - see Kew's Science Directory
    
  • Scientific enquiries
  • Seed Information Database enquiries - sid@kew.org