Singapore Botanic Gardens Seed Bank by Pang Seok Mun https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy en-us 2022-11-07 05:39:19 UTC 2022-11-07 11:57:27 UTC hello@padlet.com Quest 3.1 yap_hui_hian_jane2 https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372507068
  • Identify the seeds shown as either orthodox or recalcitrant. 
  • Match the optimum storage conditions to each seed. 
    • ]]>     2022-11-07 05:58:57 UTC https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372507068     Quest 4.1 Question 1: All about Seed Banks! pangseokmun2 https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372510169 How many seed banks are there around the world?

    A. 200
    B. 800
    C. 1700
    D. 2000

    Comment your answers below.]]>     2022-11-07 06:02:07 UTC https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372510169     Quest 4.1 Question 2: All about Seed Banks! pangseokmun2 https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372511738 Which of the following is the largest seed bank in the world?

    A. Botanic Gardens Seed Bank, Singapore
    B. Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway
    C. Australian Plantbank, Australia
    D. National Center for Genetic Resources Preservation, USA

    - Comment your answers below.
    - Estimate the number of samples that the largest seed bank is capable of storing in its facility. 
    ]]>     2022-11-07 06:03:12 UTC https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372511738     Quest 3.2 yap_hui_hian_jane2 https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372512900 Estimate the percentage of viable seeds in the sample.]]> 2022-11-07 06:04:07 UTC https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372512900 Quest 3.3 (challenge) yap_hui_hian_jane2 https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372513145 Tetrazolium can be converted into the dye formazan based on the following equation. During respiration, dehydrogenases remove hydrogen ions and electrons from intermediates to release energy. 

    Explain the role of dehydrogenase in the staining of viable seeds with tetrazolium.]]>     2022-11-07 06:04:16 UTC https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372513145     Quest 4.1 Question 3: All about Seed Banks! pangseokmun2 https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372513547 Which of the following is the world's first seed bank?

    A. Svalbard Global Seed Vault, Norway
    B. Australian Plantbank, Australia
    C. Vavilov Institute, Russia
    D. Millennium Seed Bank, United Kingdom

    - Comment your answer below.
    - Suggest the year which the first seed bank was established.]]>     2022-11-07 06:04:39 UTC https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372513547     yap_hui_hian_jane2 https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372517015 1. Work in groups of 4 to answer the questions
    2. Comment your answers below each post.]]>     2022-11-07 06:08:05 UTC https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372517015     Quest 1.1 rachelong98 https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372518060 Identify the dispersal method for this seed and explain your answer.]]> 2022-11-07 06:09:04 UTC https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372518060 Quest 4.2: Pause & Think! - Which is the most appropriate method to protect our plant biodiversity? pangseokmun2 https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372520493
    State one advantage and one disadvantage of either:

    (a) Propagation
    (b) Hybridisation / Selective Breeding (Section 2) 
    (c) Seed Collection & Preservation (Section 3)]]>     2022-11-07 06:11:17 UTC https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372520493     Quest 1.2 rachelong98 https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372520656 “When ripe, the durian fruit falls and splits on the ground. Its pungent odour attracts many forms of wildlife…” - NLB Infopedia

    Identify the dispersal method for this seed and explain your answer. ]]>     2022-11-07 06:11:27 UTC https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372520656     Quest 4.3: Pause & Think! - Can you think of other ways to preserve and protect our plant biodiversity? pangseokmun2 https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372523786 Apart from protecting our natural spaces, promoting species recovery and collecting seeds, what other ways can we employ to preserve and protect our plants? 


    ]]>     2022-11-07 06:14:38 UTC https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372523786     Quest 4.4: Pause & Think! pangseokmun2 https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372526143 After completing this lesson package, why do you think is a seed bank so important to us?]]> 2022-11-07 06:17:08 UTC https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372526143 Quest 2.1 In 2122 https://padlet.com/pangseokmun2/7glc3kzhjqpspphy/wish/2372926198 You discovered this seed vault in a remote part of the world. 

    It is a doomsday vault storing millions of varieties of seeds. 

    You are tasked to grow crops that can survive in this new hostile environment and rebuild the ecosystem. 

    What traits will you consider, and why? 


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