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‘Doomsday Seed Vault’ gets 100 million seeds
Feb 27 2008, Anupam

To protect the crop diversity against global catastrophe the Doomsday Seed Vault in a remote Arctic region has now received inaugural shipments of 100 million seeds that originated in over 100 countries. The deposits range from unique varieties of...

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