Type: fact sheet

Article abstract: The most difficult moment for a seed collector is often deciding whether a population meets the minimum quality and quantity standards for seed sampling for a particular purpose or project. This information sheet provides guidelines and a tool - the precollection checklist - to help collectors carry out that assessment and ensure that seed collections arriving at the seed bank have the highest possible initial viability and are of sufficient quantity for long-term conservation. Refer to Technical Information Sheet_03 in this series for further details on Seed Collecting Techniques.