Quotes of the Day
Friday, Nov. 16, 2007
At these temperatures, seeds for important crops like wheat, barley and peas can last for up to 1,000 years.
- CARY FOWLER
- of the Global Crop Diversity Trust, on the creation of a "doomsday vault" in Norway to house seeds from key foods in case of nuclear war, asteroids or dangerous climate change
Photo: Craig Tuttle / Corbis
| Source: BBC