秘鲁马铃薯中心10月26日再向斯瓦尔巴种子库存入1027份种质
10 月 26 日的消息称，位于秘鲁的国际马铃薯中心再向挪威斯瓦尔巴全球种子库存入1027份种质，以备份秘鲁的马铃薯多样性。斯瓦尔巴全球种子库位于北极斯瓦尔巴群岛，被称为全球农作物的“末日种子库”，其作用是在战争、自然灾害、气候风险或其他威胁导致种质资源损失时，为全球农业保留最后的备份。秘鲁驻挪威大使罗兰多·鲁伊斯·罗萨斯·卡特里亚诺见证了这次存入，凸显秘鲁对保护本国宝贵植物遗传资源的承诺。马铃薯原产于南美安第斯山区，秘鲁是全球马铃薯多样性最丰富的国家之一，数千年来当地农民培育并保存了大量地方品种，这些品种蕴含着抗病虫害、耐寒、耐旱等宝贵性状，是未来育种的重要材料。国际马铃薯中心表示，这批新增的种质备份，使其收藏的备份比例达到91%，为研究人员与育种者提供了更坚实的保障。通过保存这些种子，科学家可以培育出更能抵御病虫害与气候变化影响的新品种，也有助于保障未来的粮食安全。对普通读者而言，种子库的故事提醒人们：餐桌上的马铃薯品种并非理所当然，其背后是数千年的农耕智慧与持续的科学保护工作。
Peru's Potato Center Deposits a Further 1,027 Accessions in the Svalbard Seed Vault on October 26
News on October 26 said that the International Potato Center, based in Peru, has deposited a further 1,027 accessions in Norway's Svalbard Global Seed Vault to back up Peru's potato diversity. The Svalbard Global Seed Vault, located in the Arctic Svalbard archipelago, is known as the “doomsday seed vault” for the world's crops; its role is to preserve a final backup for global agriculture if germplasm resources are lost to war, natural disaster, climate risks or other threats. Peru's ambassador to Norway, Rolando Ruiz Rosas Cateriano, witnessed the deposit, underscoring Peru's commitment to protecting its precious plant genetic resources. The potato originates in the Andean mountains of South America, and Peru is one of the countries with the richest potato diversity in the world; over thousands of years local farmers have bred and preserved large numbers of landraces, which carry valuable traits such as resistance to pests and disease, cold tolerance and drought tolerance, and are important material for future breeding. The International Potato Center said the new backup brings the backed-up proportion of its collection to 91%, giving researchers and breeders a firmer safeguard. By preserving these seeds, scientists can breed new varieties better able to withstand pests, disease and the effects of climate change, helping to safeguard future food security. For ordinary readers, the seed vault story is a reminder that the potato varieties on the table are not to be taken for granted: behind them lie thousands of years of farming wisdom and continuing scientific conservation work.
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图片来源：斯瓦尔巴全球种子库（资料图）。摄影：Michael Major for Crop Trust，CC BY-SA 2.0，取自 Wikimedia Commons。Photo: Svalbard Global Seed Vault (file photo). Credit: Michael Major for Crop Trust, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
