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English translation: seed bank


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French term or phrase:comptoir à graines / comptoir forestier
English translation:seed bank
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13:09 Dec 10, 2008
French to English translations [PRO]
Bus/Financial - Agriculture / forestry
French term or phrase: comptoir à graines / comptoir forestier
Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated as I can't find this anywhere. Many thanks in advance.

Le comptoir à graines ou comptoir forestier met le matériel génétique à la disposition des pépiniéristes et des propriétaires forestiers publics et privés
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Local time: 16:56
seed bank
Explanation:
I think seed bank is a more common term....
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rnyediva
Local time: 17:56
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Both answers were great, thanks. In the end I went for 'seed bank' / 'forest seed bank'. Thanks again!
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4 +3seed bankrnyediva
3 +1seed repository/arboreal gene bank
Kate Hudson


  

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7 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +1
seed repository/arboreal gene bank


Explanation:
Banking on a future for seeds > Agri-Science E-Zine > Science
11 Apr 2008 ... Canada's foremost gene bank, or repository of seeds, ... loss of genetic traits and acts as an ongoing source of genetic material from which ...
www4.agr.gc.ca/AAFC-AAC/display-afficher.do?id=1207760419077&lang= e - 17k

Repositories of biodiversity: Arboreal seed banks in forest and ...
COS 23-1: Repositories of biodiversity: Arboreal seed banks in forest and pasture relict tree crowns in Monteverde, Costa Rica ...
eco.confex.com/eco/2008/techprogram/P10623.HTM - 5k

Kate Hudson
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Local time: 17:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  Lidia Saragaço
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12 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
seed bank


Explanation:
I think seed bank is a more common term....


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seedbank
    Reference: http://www.primalseeds.org/bioloss.htm
rnyediva
Local time: 17:56
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Both answers were great, thanks. In the end I went for 'seed bank' / 'forest seed bank'. Thanks again!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  xxxeggsacion
8 mins

agree  SueE
21 mins

agree  Francis Marche: forest seed bank
1 hr
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