Seeds Under Pressure - coping with environmental change
KMIS lecture catch up. Charlotte Seal is a researcher at Kew’s Millennium Seed Bank and explores the regeneration of species through seed germination and its environmental resilience. Her research integrates functional and mechanistic approaches to gain insight into the biology and ecology of seeds from biodiverse wild and crop species, particularly under “stressful” conditions such as elevated temperature, drought, or salinity.
Charlotte supervises MSc and PhD students, teaches on Kew MSc and diploma courses and hosts visiting scientists from across the globe for research projects on the seed biology and ecology of wild species.
Charlotte joined Kew as an early career scientist in 2006 to focus on the seed biology of wild species, as part Kew’s “Millennium Seed Bank Project”. Having gained 18 years of experience and knowledge of wild species, she currently leads research on seed traits associated with environmental resilience with a particular focus on seed germination, with application to conservation, restoration and sustainable agriculture.
This lecture will explore the ability of seeds to survive stressful environments and the resilience of germination to climate change in biodiverse wild and crop species.
