… As part of conservation of plant genetic resources, long-term storage of seeds is highly …
of studies on seed longevity focusing on half-life (P 50 ) under different storage conditions. Six …

… to lose most of their cellular water and not lose their viability is a key step to seed longevity.
In this chapter, seed longevity will be defined as the period of time that a seed retains any …

… (21); common loss in viability amongst lots (2); … Seed lot monitoring intervals for the
medium-term store were derived for each of 19 genera with consistent loss in viability across seed …

… storage conditions on seed longevity, the patterns and consequences of loss of seed quality
during storage, … F (10C) for commercial (medium term) storage. Harrington’s Rule states that …

… , however, were that viability was quickly lost in undried seed or seed stored under high-…
dry the seeds in the sun and then store them dry. A common practice was to store the seeds in a …

… longevity for seeds from 18 crop species, which were stored under ambient conditions (average
temperature: 20.3 ^ 2.38C; average RH: 50.5 ^ 6.3%) for up to 26 years. Viability …

… was adopted to model seed longevity. The objectives of this study were: (1) to report seed
longevity under a specific storage environment; (2) to analyse the seed longevity between and …

… through a set of seed viability constants generated under a range of storage conditions [8,80…
to survive for 20–25 years (medium term). Preserving genetic resources for agricultural …

… Seed longevity is defined as seed viability after seed dry storage (storability), and therefore,
describes the total seed … of time to 50% seed viability in storage) and P10% (time in years for …

… at low temperatures for long periods without loss of viability. Some general principles regarding
the effects of storage environment on seed viability have been developed for crop seeds (…