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- Module 1: Conserving crop diversityView all sections of the document
- Module 2: Longevity and viabilityView all sections of the document
- Module 3: Harvesting and processingView all sections of the document
- Module 4: Water activity in seedsView all sections of the document
- Module 5: Germination and dormancyView all sections of the document
- Introduction
- Overview of genebank processes
- Some definitions
- Conducting germination tests
- Germination requirements: substrate
- Germination requirements: gaseous environment
- Germination requirements: temperature
- Alternating temperatures
- Germination requirements: light
- Germination requirements: time
- Scoring germination
- What is ‘normal’ growth?
- The cut test
- Dormancy
- Breaking dormancy in genebanks
- Changes in dormancy over time
- Types of dormancy
- Physiological dormancy
- Morphological dormancy
- Physical dormancy
- Combinations of dormancy types
- Reviewing your progress
- Dormancy breaking treatments
- My genebank and me
- The seed information database
- Factors influencing germination
- Regeneration
- The FAO’s Genebank Standards
- Key words and concepts
- Summary
- Useful publications
- Module 1: Conserving crop diversity
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Figure 10: types of dormancy
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