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| 6200 meters! The highest altitude record for plant seed collection in my country is refreshed |
Recently, the seed collection team of Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Southwest China Wildlife Germplasm Bank (hereinafter referred to as the Germplasm Bank) successfully completed the task of "Everest Seed Collection 2021" and successfully collected Xumi fan leaves at about 6,200 meters from Mount Everest.
The seeds of plants such as mustard and cypress snow rabbit set the highest altitude record for plant seed collection in China
.
The seeds collected this time, after drying, cleaning, counting and other processes, will be stored in the Southwest Wildlife Germplasm Bank of China and the National Important Wild Plant Germplasm Bank for a long time
As the top of the world, the high-altitude exposed rock beach of Mount Everest is regarded as a life forbidden zone due to extreme cold and lack of oxygen, but there are still life adapting to extreme environments
.
Beginning in August this year, the genebank launched the world’s highest plant seed collection action plan in response to the upcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in Kunming, and at the same time showed the world that China has been Committed to protecting biodiversity
Beginning in August this year, the genebank launched the world’s highest plant seed collection action plan in response to the upcoming 15th meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity (COP15) in Kunming, and at the same time showed the world that China has been Committed to protecting biodiversity
After three years of preparation, the genebank collection team went to Mount Everest twice in August and September this year.
It lasted more than 20 days and reached the highest altitude of 6,605 meters to conduct plant diversity surveys and collections
.
From August 15th to 28th, 2021, the first scientific research on the Everest plant was completed, and the seeds of Everest Serratia were successfully collected at 5738 meters
“The highest-altitude seeds preserved before the genebank were collected from 5,559-meter alpine desert shrubs in the Ngari area of Tibet.
This mission is a new exploration and attempt to collect high-altitude plant germplasm resources.
It is of great significance to change and strengthen the construction of biosafety
.
" Cai Jie, director of the Genebank Collection Center, introduced
It is reported that the Southwest China Wildlife Germplasm Bank is a major national scientific and technological infrastructure built by the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.
The musk snow rabbit discovered by the seed collection team on Mount Everest (photo courtesy of the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Seed collection team
The musk snow rabbit discovered by the seed collection team on Mount Everest (photo courtesy of the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Seed collection team
Staff of Wildlife Germplasm Bank in Southwest China are collecting and recording plant seeds (Photo courtesy of Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
Staff of Wildlife Germplasm Bank in Southwest China are collecting and recording plant seeds (Photo courtesy of Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences)
