Cereal seed viability after 10 years of storage in active and base germplasm collections

Field Crops Research

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 229-236

  Ruiz, Magdalena ^a   Martín, Isaura ^a   Cuadra, Celia De La ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cereals; Genetic conservation; Seed viability testing; Seedbank

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032801374     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0378-4290(99)00044-1     Document Type: Article

References (17)

1. Anonymous, 1996. International rules for seed testing. Seed Sci. Technol. 24 (suppl.-rules) 155-184.
2. Breese, E.L., 1989. Regeneration and Multiplication of Germplasm Resources in Seed Genebanks. The Scientific Background. International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, Rome, Italy, 69 pp.
3. Cheng H., Zheng G., Jing X., Kuang T., Tang P., Tao K., Zhou M., Duan N. Storage of peanut seeds with low moisture content for 11 years in ambient temperature. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter. 110:1997;35-40.
4. Côme D., Lenoir C., Corbineau F. La dormance des céréales et son élimination. Seed Sci. Technol. 12:1984;629-640.
5. Ellis, R.H., 1982. The meaning of viability. In: Seed Management Techniques for Genebanks. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, pp. 146-181.
6. Ellis, R.H., Hong, T.D., Roberts, E.H., 1985. Handbook of Seed Technology for Genebanks. Principles and Methodology, vol. I. International Board for Plant Genetic Resources, Rome, 210 pp.
7. Ellis R.H., Hong T.D., Martin M.C., Perez García F., Gomez-Campo C. The long-term storage of seeds of seventeen crucifers at very low moisture contents. Plant Varieties and Seeds. 6:1993;75-81.
8. FAO, 1997. Report of the Technical Meeting on the Methodology of the World Information and Early Warning System on Plant Genetic Resources. FAO, Rome, 59 pp.
9. FAO/IPGRI, 1994. Genebank Standards. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, and International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, p. 13.
10. Grzelak K., Czuba M., Belotti J., Tulo M., Gorski M. Viability of cereal seeds stored as germplasm in the Polish genebank. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter. 97:1994;21-29.
11. Lecat S., Corbineau F., Côme D. Effects of gibberellic acid on the germination of dormant oat (Avena sativa L.) seeds as related to temperature, oxygen, and energy metabolism. Seed Sci. Technol. 20:1992;421-433.
12. Pita J.M., Perez-García F., Escudero A., de la Cuadra C. Viability of Avena sativa L. seeds after 10 years of storage in base collections. Field Crops Res. 55:1998;183-187.
13. Roberts E.H. Physiology of ageing and its application to drying and storage. Seed. Sci Technol. 9:1981;359-372.
14. Sackville Hamilton, N.R., Chorlton, K.H., 1997. Regeneration of accessions in seed collections: a seed guide. Handbook for Genebanks, Vol. 5. International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome, 75 pp.
15. Specht C.E., Keller E.R.J., Freytag U., Hammer H., Börner A. Survey of seed germinability after long-term storage in the Gatersleben genebank. Plant Genetic Resources Newsletter. 111:1997;64-68.
16. Stanwood P.C., Sowa S. Evaluation of Onion (Allium cepa L.) seed after 10 years of storage at 5,-18 and -196°C. Crop. Sci. 35:1995;852-856.
17. Steiner A.M., Ruckenbauer P. Germination of 110-year-old cereal and weed seeds, the Vienna sample of 1877. Verification of effective ultra-dry storage at ambient temperature. Seed Sci. Res. 5:1995;195-199.