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Table of Contents - 1995 - Volume 5, Issue 04  

Physiology and Biochemistry

Germination of 110-year-old cereal and weed seeds, the Vienna Sample of 1877. Verification of effective ultra-dry storage at ambient temperature

A.M. Steinera1 c1 and P. Ruckenbauera2

a1 Institute of Plant Breeding, Seed Science and Population Genetics, University of Hohenheim, D-70593 Stuttgart, Germany

a2 Institute of Crop Science and Plant Breeding, University of Agronomy Vienna, A-1180 Vienna, Austria

Abstract

After 110 years of hermetic sealed storage at temperatures between 10 and 15°C and at a moisture content of 3.12%, Hordeum vulgare showed 90% germination and Avena sativa 81%. In addition, some seeds of Agrostemma githago, Lolium temulentum, Sinapis alba, Sinapis arvensis, and Vaccaria hispanica were still capable of germinating. This demonstrates that ultra-dry, long-term seed storage under ambient temperature conditions can successfully be achieved with the intention of cutting down risks and costs in germplasm conservation.

(Received March 07 1995)

(Accepted August 25 1995)

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