36 Expression of Reovirus Sigma C Protein in Arabidopsis

during subsequent incubation in two experiments. Treatment groups had four replicate incubation trays of 150 eggs each. As expected, hatchability of fertile eggs declined with length of egg storage in both experiments (P<0.01). This was due to increases in both percentage early and late dead embryos in both experiments. Hatchability of fertile eggs was increased by SEU storage and turning during storage in Experiment 1, and by turning 96 times daily during incubation in Experiment 2. There was a consistent turning during storage x storage position interaction for hatchability of fertile eggs that demonstrated that turning during storage benefited only eggs stored LEU. Other interactions suggested that turning during storage and storage in the SEU position worked best with long-stored eggs. Furthermore, the data suggested that storage in the SEU position or turning during storage were equally effective in ameliorating the adverse effects of storage for 14 days.