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Forum Categories: Germination Testing & Propagation

The curation value of seed banking relies on our ability germinate and propagate plants in collections. Germination Testing & Propagation does not currently have an associated section in the CPC best practices but discourse from this forum will help inform what topics and authors that should be involved in future guidelines. 

Screenshot from Atlanta Botanical Garden's video "Dessication tolerance"
Evaluating Desiccation Tolerance in Rare Plants

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Screenshot of Atlanta Botanic Garden's video on orchid propagation
Orchid Micropropagation: What it is, How to Do it, Methods & Challenges

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Screenshot of "Conservation Through Cultivation of Live-forevers" video
Conservation Through Cultivation of Live-forevers

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Screenshot fo Updates to the Missouri Botanical Garden Seed Bank video
Updates to the Missouri Botanical Garden Seed Bank

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Screenshot of Seed Propagation and Seedling Production of Temperate Lady’s Slipper Orchids (Cypripedium) video
Seed Propagation and Seedling Production of Temperate Lady’s Slipper Orchids (Cypripedium)

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Screenshot of Can alpine species "bank" on conservation? video.
Can alpine species “bank” on conservation?

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Using Ex-Situ Living Collections to Inform In-Situ Conservation Actions

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Screenshot of Ecology and Conservation of the Federally-Listed Coastal Cactus Harrisia aboriginum in SW Florida video
Ecology and Conservation of the Federally-Listed Coastal Cactus Harrisia aboriginum in SW Florida

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Screenshot from In vitro, symbiotic germination of Platanthera species for conservation efforts video
In vitro, symbiotic germination of Platanthera species for conservation efforts

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Screenshot from Germination Testing video
How to Test Seeds for Germination

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Screenshot of If you want to make an omelette: using cutting tests to estimate viability in Ziziphus celata (Rhamnaceae) video
If you want to make an omelette: using cutting tests to estimate viability in Ziziphus celata (Rhamnaceae)

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Screenshot from Soil Seedbank Longevity of a Terrestrial Orchid video
Soil Seedbank Longevity of a Terrestrial Orchid

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Screenshot from Penstemon peckii Soil Seed Bank Study at 25 Years video
Penstemon peckii Soil Seed Bank Study at 25 Years

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Screenshot from In Vitro Seed Germination and Seedling Development of Spiranthes Casei for Ex Situ Conservation video
In Vitro Seed Germination and Seedling Development of Spiranthes Casei for Ex Situ Conservation

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