Glassy state and seed storage stability: The WLF kinetics of seed viability loss at T > T(g) and the plasticization effect of water on storage stability

Annals of Botany

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 291-297

  Sun, Wendell Q ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Glass transition; Glycine max; intracellular glass; Pisum sativum; plasticization by water; seed longevity; seed storage stability; seed viability equation; Williams Landel Ferry kinetics; Zea mays

Indexed keywords

GLYCINE MAX; PISUM SATIVUM; SATIVUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0030901455     PISSN: 03057364     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/anbo.1996.0346     Document Type: Article

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