Differences in seed longevity at the species level |
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| Authors: | D. A. PRIESTLEY,V. I. CULLINAN&dagger ,J. WOLFE&Dagger |
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| Affiliation: | Boyce Thompson Institute, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A.;Department of Plant Breeding and Biometry, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, U.S.A.;School of Physics, University of New South Wales, Kensington, NSW, Australia |
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| Abstract: | Abstract Published seed storage data for 92 species derived from 13 localities were subjected to probit analysis to determine the half-viability period (P50) for each sample. Estimates of half-viability period for each species averaged over all 13 localities were calculated using a least square means procedure applied to known values for the half-viability period for each species at each of its storage stations. The results reported here represent an initial step in the objective organization of seed longevity data. |
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| Keywords: | Ageing deterioration longevity seeds storage |
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