Seed bank
"Seed bank" in a Sentence (2 examples)
"Corn first developed in the northern Mexico area," said James Enote, director of the Zuni Conservation Project, which oversees the seed bank on the reservation.[…]Zuni farmers check out seeds from the seed bank with the agreement that they will return the same number or more, Mr. Enote said.
For years, a hodgepodge network of seed banks has been amassing seed and shoot collections. Labs in Mexico banked corn species. Those in Nigeria banked cassava.