As Seen on the Rare Plant Academy: Range-wide Ex Situ Seed Conservation and Population Genetic Architecture Analysis in Venus Flytrap

CPC’s Best Practices guidelines are brought to life in our Rare Plant Academy (RPA) Video Library, serving to keep the conservation community up-to-date with rapidly evolving technology and advanced methodologies. The RPA Video Library is home to many informational videos on plant conservation topics, from educational videos to case studies and recorded conference presentations.

“Range-wide Ex Situ Seed Conservation and Population Genetic Architecture Analysis in Venus Flytrap (Dionaea muscipula)” was presented by Dr. Johnny Randall of North Carolina Botanical Garden (NCBG) during the 2020 Southeastern Partners in Plant Conservation Conference (SePPCon), providing an in-depth overview on NCBG’s double-pronged conservation approach of collecting and banking seeds by maternal line, and doing genetic analysis across the populations using RADSeq. For even more information on NCBG’s work to preserve the Venus’ Flytrap, watch this video, too!

CPC National Office staff recently attended the 2024 SePPCon in Atlanta, Georgia, and were pleased to connect with so many conservation scientists and practitioners in the Southeast region. Look for 2024 SePPCon presentations on the RPA Video Library coming soon!