Biology
Biology
The Germplasm Bank of Wild Species
View moreGBOWS has built strong capabilities to preserve and research wild plant germplasm resources, and operates an advanced germplasm resource database and information-sharing management system. It supplies the necessary germplasm resources to support China's biotechnology industry and life sciences research.
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Jun 26, 2025Chinese Researchers Reintroduce Critically Endangered Plant into WildChinese researchers have successfully reintroduced Petrocosmea grandiflora, a critically endangered plant long thought lost, into its natural habitat in the sinkholes of Mengzi City, in the Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture of southwest China's Yunnan Province.
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Jun 27, 2024Journey of a Seed to Asia's Largest Germplasm BankThis Germplasm Bank of Wild Species (GBOWS), located in the northern suburb of Kunming, the provincial capital, is the largest facility of its kind in Asia. It houses more than 94,000 plant seed accessions from over 11,000 wild species, representing over one-third of China's wild seed plants.
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Jun 06, 2024Asia's Largest Wildlife Seed Bank Preserves over 11,000 Plant SpeciesThe Germplasm Bank of Wild Species in southwest China's Yunnan Province, the largest of its kind in Asia, has preserved over 11,000 kinds of wild plant seeds, according to the Kunming Institute of Botany under the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
