Storage of seed in low-temperature conditions

Abstract

One of the most important agrobiological problems of our planet, disturbing experts and the public in recent decades is the rapid disappearance of various plant species due to the irrational withdrawal from agricultural turnover of vast territories. In these circumstances, food shortages are becoming a real threat to the health and even life of the world's population. Such depletion of biological resources concerns both modern and future generations, it becomes harmful to them - warn experts of food and agricultural organizations of the United Nations. Various types of food storage facilities, including seed, are being established in different countries. Thus, in Russia, several storages have been created, in the US a national laboratory for long-term storage of seeds has been organized, in Norway there is a "doomsday Storage".