How long does a seed live? The science behind seed banks

Cosmos Magazine, Other, 16/04/2025, Lauren Fuge
Seed banks around Australia store the seeds of thousands of species, but even when stored in ideal conditions, some species live longer than others – and even seeds within the same species can outlive each other. […] Their new paper in the Australian Journal of Botany, published by CSIRO journals, found that seed lifespans can last wildly different times in the same storage conditions – even seeds from the same species.

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