Useful publications
If you were interested in some of the issues in this module, you might like to download and read these articles, which we have selected for you.
Colville, L., Pritchard, H. (2019). Seed life span and food security. New Phytologist, 224 (2), pp. 557-562.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1111/ nph.16006.
Ellis, R., Hong, T, Jackson, M., (1993). Seed production environment, time of harvest and the potential longevity of seeds of three cultivars of rice (Oryza sativa L.) Annals of Botany, 72, pp. 583–590.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1006/ anbo.1993.1148.
FAO (2014). Genebank Standards for Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture. Rev. Ed. Rome.
Available at: https://www.fao.org/ 4/ i3704e/ i3704e.pdf.
FAO (2022). Practical guide for the application of the Genebank Standards for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture: conservation in seed genebanks. Commission on Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture, Rome.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.4060/ cc0021en.
Hay, F. R., Whitehouse, K. J. (2017). Rethinking the approach to viability monitoring in genebanks. Conservation Physiology, 5 (1).
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1093/ conphys/ cox009.
Lee, J. S., Velasco-Punzalan, M., Pacleb, M., Valdez, R., Kretzschmar, T., McNally, K. L., Ismail, A. M. (2019). Variation in seed longevity among diverse Indica rice varieties. Annals of Botany, 124, pp. 447-460.
Available at: https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/ articles/ PMC6798842/
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Sinniah, U. R., Ellis, R. H., John, P. (1998). Irrigation and seed quality development in rapid-cycling Brassica: seed germination and longevity. Annals of Botany, 82, pp. 309-314.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1006/ anbo.1998.0738.
Timple, S. E., Hay, F. R. (2018). High-temperature drying of seeds of wild Oryza species intended for long-term storage. Seed Science and Technology, 46, 1, pp. 107-112.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.15258/ sst.2018.46.1.10.
Whitehouse, K. J., Hay, F. R, Ellis, R. H. (2015). Increases in the longevity of desiccation-phase developing rice seeds: response to high-temperature drying depends on harvest moisture content. Annals of Botany, 116(2): pp. 247–259.
Available at: https://doi.org/ 10.1093/ aob/ mcv091.