Newslink: Seeds hold hidden treasures for future food

in #newslink7 years ago

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More than 70,000 of the world's most precious seeds have been sent from the UK's Millennium Seed Bank to the Middle East, in its largest export to date.

The consignment contains more than 50 wild relatives of cultivated crops, such as wheat, barley and lentils.

The seeds will be used for food security research at a seed bank in Lebanon, which is recreating collections destroyed in Syria.

http://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-42066624

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