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A water activity-regulated dryer: how to dry seeds or pollen with water and no heat

Summary

Published in TPN 56(2): 43-49. The hydrous status of seeds and pollen can now be characterized more precisely than moisture content through the measurement of water activity (aw). This new technique, now available to managers of genetic resources banks, offers the advantage of being fast, easy to use and, above all, nondestructive. (...)

Sector(s): 

Forests

Categorie(s): 

Professional Article

Theme(s): 

Forestry Research

Author(s)

BALDET, Patrick et Fabienne COLAS

Year of publication :

2013

Format :

Paper

Keywords :

article professionnel de recherche forestière, production de semences et de plants, seeds and forest seedlings production, seed, pollen, water activity, dryer, moisture content, seed conservation

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