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Why are the seeds in Svalbard not freeze-dried?

Forums: Seeds, Seed Vault, Svalbard, Viability
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JuliaC
 
Reply Thu 24 Sep, 2015 09:20 am
Reading a lot about lyophilisation these days but being in no way an expert, I was wondering why the seeds in the vault are not freeze-dried? I know it is possible to freeze-dry lots of things, and for instance some bacteria survive for 25 years in a freeze-dried state but why not seed?
Would they not survive?
If they would, would not it increase they viability?

thank you very much
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