Health Care

Seed Bank

A repository of seeds maintained under optimal conditions that ensure long term storage, intended for use as a source of replenishment of seed stock or plant genetic material.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

A repository of seeds maintained under optimal conditions that ensure long term storage, intended for use as a source of replenishment of seed stock or plant genetic material.

MeSH Record

Classification

Broader headings

Related Concepts

Knowledge Graph

Loading graph…

Drag nodes to rearrange; hover to trace links; click a node to open its page.

MeSH Record

Synonyms

11 entry terms
  • Seedbank
  • Seeds Bank
  • Bank, Seed
  • Bank, Seeds
  • Banks, Seed
  • Seed Banks
  • Seedbanks
  • Germplasm Bank
  • Bank, Germplasm
  • Banks, Germplasm
  • Germplasm Banks

MeSH Record

Aspects Covered

10 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, ethics, history, legislation & jurisprudence, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, supply & distribution, trends.

MeSH Record

History Note

2016

MeSH Record

Previous Indexing

  • Seeds (2000-2015)

MeSH Hierarchy

Tree Number

  1. N02.278w.065w.650w

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Seed Bank. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D000068098. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D000068098
  2. Seed Bank. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seed_bank
  3. Seed Bank. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1426613