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Results:
| More than 40 papers were presented at the conference, reflecting the accumulated scientific and practical experience of introducing and examining plants ex situ. Different strategies for ex-plant biodiversity conservation were discussed: maintaining unique collections of living plants, developing biotechnological methods of plant reproduction, especially rare and endangered species, for which traditional methods of reproduction are unacceptable; establishment of vegetative and generative propaganda banks in vitro.
Issues related to acclimatization and plant breeding, conservation and enrichment of plant diversity were discussed. There were lively discussions regarding the problems of inventory of living plant collections in botanical gardens, the need to use a state-of-the-art APG IV flowering plant classification system and their origin. Much attention has been paid to discussing phytoinvasion prevention.
Participants of the conference noted that in the current conditions, when global biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation are recognized in the world as one of the most serious problems, the role of botanical gardens and arboretums, their responsibility for the conservation of plant biodiversity is increasing. Botanical gardens rank among the most important and active institutes involved in ex situ biodiversity conservation. |