Seed storage, temperature and relative humidity: response

Fluctuation of Arabidopsis seed dormancy with relative humidity and temperature during dry storage

The changes in germination potential of freshly harvested seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana stored in various combinations of temperature and relative humidity were investigated over 63 weeks of storage. Seeds of the wild type Col-0 and of two mutants displaying low and high levels of dormancy, cat2-1 and mtr4-1, respectively, were stored at harvest in 24 different environments including a combinat...

Effects of temperature and relative humidity on the response of phaseolus vulgaris to salinity

Temperature and relative humidity effects

State Key Laboratory of Loess and Quaternary Geology, Institute of Earth Environment, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xi’an 710075, China State Key Laboratory of Organic Geochemistry, Guangzhou Institute of Geochemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Guangzhou 510640, China Key Laboratory of Regional Climate-Environment for Temperate East Asia, Institute of Atmospheric Physics, Chinese Academy of S...

Moisture content, temperature, and relative humidity influence seed storage and subsequent survival and germination of Vallisneria americana seeds

Loss of aquatic plant species has occurred in coastal and freshwater habitats throughout the world. In particular, population and habit loss of the submerged aquatic species, Vallisneria americana Michx., have made it a potential restoration candidate. For successful restoration, reliable seed sources are vital for producing plants or for direct seeding. Seed survival and their ability to retai...

Colonization of tomatoes by Salmonella montevideo is affected by relative humidity and storage temperature.

The influences of the relative humidity (RH) and storage temperature on the colonization of tomato surfaces by Salmonella Montevideo were studied. Red, ripe tomatoes (Lycopersicon esculentum) were spot inoculated in three separate trials with 100 pl (approximately 10(6) CFU) of Salmonella Montevideo and stored for 90 min at 22 degrees C under 97% RH to facilitate attachment of cells to the blos...