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dc.contributor.authorPedrini, Simone
dc.contributor.authorD'Agui, Haylee
dc.contributor.authorArya, Tiana
dc.contributor.authorTurner, Shane
dc.contributor.authorDixon, Kingsley
dc.date.accessioned2022-05-16T05:36:00Z
dc.date.available2022-05-16T05:36:00Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.citationPedrini, S. and D'Agui, H.M. and Arya, T. and Turner, S. and Dixon, K.W. 2022. Seed quality and the true price of native seed for mine site restoration. Restoration Ecology. Article No. e13638.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/88492
dc.identifier.doi10.1111/rec.13638
dc.description.abstract

Native seed underpins the success of most terrestrial restoration efforts globally; however, the fragility of the native seed supply chain presents a key challenge to achieving global restoration goals. With the current heightened global focus on ecological restoration, seed supply chains are under unprecedented pressure worldwide. New and practical solutions are required to help the native seed industry move toward more sustainable and reliable supply, and in turn, facilitate more cost-effective, successful, seed-based restoration. Here we focus on species used in biodiverse mine site restoration in two regions of Western Australia as a test case for evaluating two key elements of the seed supply chain: seed quality and price. The study assessed seed quality in 185 species, then combined these results with seed price to determine the actual cost of pure live seeds (PLS) used in restoration. Average seed quality, expressed as a weight percentage of PLS, is 55%. The average price for a native seed batch across 129 species is $1,093 Australian dollars (AUD)/kg, and when adjusted for viability and purity is $2,600 (AUD)/ kg of PLS. We suggest replacing the traditional approach of pricing seed per unit weight ($/kg) with a new method that would reflect seed quality and unit number; price per thousand pure live seeds ($ TPLS). We posit that this new way of pricing native seeds would increase transparency and information flow in the marketing of native seeds, which will, in turn, enable seed users to more reliably plan for, and evaluate the cost-effectiveness of seed-based restoration projects.

dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWILEY
dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/IC150100041
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.subjectScience & Technology
dc.subjectLife Sciences & Biomedicine
dc.subjectEcology
dc.subjectEnvironmental Sciences & Ecology
dc.subjectnative seed supply chain
dc.subjectpure live seed
dc.subjectseed-based restoration
dc.subjectseed quality
dc.subjectGERMINATION
dc.subjectVIABILITY
dc.subjectISSUES
dc.titleSeed quality and the true price of native seed for mine site restoration
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.issn1061-2971
dcterms.source.titleRestoration Ecology
dc.date.updated2022-05-16T05:36:00Z
curtin.departmentSchool of Molecular and Life Sciences (MLS)
curtin.accessStatusOpen access
curtin.facultyFaculty of Science and Engineering
curtin.contributor.orcidTurner, Shane [0000-0002-9146-2977]
curtin.contributor.orcidPedrini, Simone [0000-0001-9933-2846]
curtin.contributor.orcidDixon, Kingsley [0000-0001-5989-2929]
curtin.contributor.orcidD'Agui, Haylee [0000-0001-8746-3435]
curtin.contributor.researcheridTurner, Shane [A-9950-2011]
curtin.contributor.researcheridPedrini, Simone [I-8420-2019]
curtin.contributor.researcheridDixon, Kingsley [A-8133-2016] [B-1042-2011]
curtin.identifier.article-numberARTN e13638
dcterms.source.eissn1526-100X
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridTurner, Shane [15740419900]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridPedrini, Simone [56971171100]
curtin.contributor.scopusauthoridDixon, Kingsley [35556048900] [55498810700] [57203078005]


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