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The Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank
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The origins of Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank were as a contributing partner with the international Millennium Seed Bank Project in the UK. After their contributions to MSBP, DNTPSB changed its priorities slightly and grew into a major repository of native plant seeds for the Mid West. Join Seed Bank Manager, David Sollenberger, for the story of the DNTPSB - past, present and future. • Correction note from David Sollenberger: The slide discussing using RNA Integrity number (RIN) to measure seed longevity should read RIN number decreases with RNA degradation, not increases. • David’s bio and other info: • I have lived in the Chicago area for most of my life and all of my professional life. After graduating from Southern Illinois University-Carbondale in 1980 with a BA in Botany, I applied for and received a position at the Chicago Botanic Garden as Naturalist for the management of their remnant woodland and development and installation of a series of prairie habitats. Eventually I put all of my energy into the development and management of the Dixon Prairies and supervised another position to manage Turnbull Woods. • Over the years I became quite familiar with our local flora and ecological management of our native habitats. About 15 years ago I was hired to manage the newly established Dixon National Tallgrass Prairie Seed Bank at the Chicago Botanic Garden. My goal was to grow the bank in terms of its visibility as an ex-situ repository of genetically diverse seeds of native flora and expand the breadth of seed collections across the Midwest. The Bank currently holds over 4000 seed accessions. • Although our focus is regional, we accept seed collections of native species across the country. Recently we are expanding our focus on the eastern Midwest where woodland habitat is more common than prairie yet scattered prairies did and still do occur. • email: [email protected] • Website: https://www.chicagobotanic.org/resear... • Phone: (847) 835-6957
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