Rethinking the approach to viability monitoring in seed genebanks

Underdispersion of replicate results in germination tests is species and laboratory specific

(2016) P.M. Deplewski et al.   SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

150-seed comparative longevity protocol – a reduced seed number screening method for identifying short-lived seed conservation collections

(2016) R.M. Davies et al.   SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Increases in the longevity of desiccation-phase developing rice seeds: response to high-temperature drying depends on harvest moisture content

(2015) K. J. Whitehouse et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Viability monitoring intervals for genebank samples of Oryza sativa

(2015) F.R. Hay et al.   SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Can chlorophyll fluorescence be used to determine the optimal time to harvest rice seeds for long-term genebank storage?

(2015) Fiona R. Hay et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Towards a better monitoring of seed ageing underex situseed conservation

(2015) Yong-Bi Fu et al.   Conservation Physiology

A continental-scale study of seed lifespan in experimental storage examining seed, plant, and environmental traits associated with longevity

(2014) David J. Merritt et al.   BIODIVERSITY AND CONSERVATION

Costing the ex situ conservation of plant genetic resources at AVRDC – The World Vegetable Center

(2014) Pepijn Schreinemachers et al.   GENETIC RESOURCES AND CROP EVOLUTION

Successful long-term ultra dry storage of seed of 15 species of Brassicaceae in a genebank: variation in ability to germinate over 40 years and dormancy

(2014) F. Pérez-García et al.   SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Effect of the gaseous environment and water content on seed viability of four Brassicaceae species after 36 years storage

(2014) M.E. González-Benito et al.   SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Automated determination of germination time courses by image capture and early counts of radicle emergence lead to a new vigour test for winter oilseed rape (Brassica napus)

(2014) S. Matthews et al.   SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Longevity of Nicotiana seeds conserved at low temperatures in ex situ genebanks

(2014) M. Agacka et al.   SEED SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

Modelling seed germination in response to continuous variables: use and limitations of probit analysis and alternative approaches

(2014) Fiona R. Hay et al.   SEED SCIENCE RESEARCH

Viability of Oryza sativa L. seeds stored under genebank conditions for up to 30 years

(2012) Fiona R. Hay et al.   GENETIC RESOURCES AND CROP EVOLUTION

Volatile fingerprints of seeds of four species indicate the involvement of alcoholic fermentation, lipid peroxidation, and Maillard reactions in seed deterioration during ageing and desiccation stress

(2012) Louise Colville et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Reliability of germination testing of ex situ conserved seeds: a genebank case study on outsourced analyses

(2012) Theo van Hintum et al.   Plant Genetic Resources-Characterization and Utilization

The influence of cone age on the relative longevity of Banksia seeds

(2010) A. D. Crawford et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Developmental changes in the germinability, desiccation tolerance, hardseededness, and longevity of individual seeds of Trifolium ambiguum

(2010) F. R. Hay et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Ecological correlates of ex situ seed longevity: a comparative study on 195 species

(2009) Robin J. Probert et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

germinator: a software package for high-throughput scoring and curve fitting of Arabidopsis seed germination

(2009) Ronny V. L. Joosen et al.   PLANT JOURNAL