About 50.000 new plant seed samples from around the world have been stored in the world's largest seed bank, opened ten years ago on an Arctic island "in case of the apocalypse".
The largest plant gene bank in the world has been opened to save the plant world from destruction in the event of wars or major natural disasters by preserving seed samples from the world's crop collection.
The Svalbard World Seed Bank is located on the island of the Svalbard archipelago, between the mainland of Norway and the North Pole, and is designed to be the main reserve for other seed banks in the world.
The research center that promotes agriculture in drylands, the first to lift its seed collection from the Svalbard Bank in 2015, returned to the bank yesterday about 15.000 seed samples from India, North Africa, South and North America and the Middle East.
Both Serbia and Montenegro made their contribution. It is made with samples that are kept under the contribution of the state union of Serbia and Montenegro. Barley, oat, rapeseed and corn seeds were delivered.
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