Experientia

, Volume 32, Issue 9, pp 1159–1161 | Cite as

Low pressure storage of seeds

  • E. C. Lougheed
  • D. P. Murr
  • P. M. Harney
  • J. T. Sykes
Specialia Biologica
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Summary

Storage of celery, cabbage and onion seed for 14 weeks under conditions of reduced atmospheric pressure decreased the deleterious effects of high temperature and high relative humidity upon the germination of these short-lived seeds.

Keywords

Relative Humidity Deleterious Effect High Relative Humidity Pressure Storage Onion Seed 
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© Birkhäuser Verlag 1976

Authors and Affiliations

  • E. C. Lougheed
    • 1
  • D. P. Murr
    • 1
  • P. M. Harney
    • 1
  • J. T. Sykes
    • 1
  1. 1.Horticultural Science DepartmentUniversity of GuelphGuelphCanada

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