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Seed Knowledge > Resources and references > SEED DRYING AND STORAGE

SEED DRYING AND STORAGE

 

Flynn S, Turner RM, Dickie JB (2004) Seed Information Database (Release 7.0, October 2006). (Online database) http://www.kew.org/data/sid/ (Accessed: July 2007)

 

FAO, IPGRI (1994) Genebank Standards. Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations and International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome. (Online Resource)

 http://www.bioversityinternational.org/Publications/Pdf/424.pdf  (Accessed: August 2007)

 

Gunn B (2001) Storage. In: Australian Tree Seed Centre Operations Manual, CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Canberra, ACT. (Online Resource) Section 4: Storage (Accessed: July 2007)

 

Hong TD, Linington S, Ellis RH (1998) Compendium of Information on Seed Storage Behaviour. Kew Publishing UK.

 

Hong TD, Ellis RH (1996) A protocol to determine seed storage behaviour. IPGRI Technical Bulletin No. 1, JMM Engels, J Toll (Vol. Eds.), International Plant Genetic Resources Institute, Rome. (Online Resource) http://www.bioversityinternational.org/publications/pdf/137.pdf (Accessed: August 2007)

 

Mortlock W (1998) Low cost igloo for seed drying. Greening Australia, Pamphlet, Canberra.  view pdf 

 

Probert R, Adams R, Coneybeer J, Crawford A, Hay F (2007) Seed quality for conservation is critically affected by pre-storage factors. Australian Journal of Botany, 55(3), pp. 326-335.