title: Global voices of science. Protector of the seeds: seminal reflections from southern Africa.
authors.affiliation: Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban, South Africa. berjak@ukzn.ac.za
authors.forename: Patricia
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Berjak
mesh_terms: D000353:Africa, Southern; D015925:Cryopreservation; D003890:Desiccation; D017753:Ecosystem; D005615:Freezing; D005658:Fungi / Q000502:physiology; D018525:Germination; D011309:Preservation, Biological; D012639:Seeds / Q000382:microbiology / Q000502:physiology*; D013696:Temperature; D014867:Water; D003313:Zea mays
chemical_list: D014867:Water