Claim · model-written summary
The authors recommend moisture below 60 g kg −1 and cooling at 1 to 30°C min −1 for liquid nitrogen exposure.
- Taxon
- sesame
Sesamum indicume0 - Outcome
- seed moisture content is below 60 g kg −1 and the cooling rate is between 1 and 30°C min −1e0
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Verbatim
e0“sesame seeds can tolerate LN 2 exposure if the seed moisture content is below 60 g kg −1 and the cooling rate is between 1 and 30°C min −1”
Title
Survival of Sesame Seeds at the Temperature (−196°C) of Liquid Nitrogen1
Phillip C. Stanwood Crop Science 1987. doi:10.2135/cropsci1987.0011183x002700020041x
Other claims from this paper (4)
- Association Increasing seed moisture and cooling rate increased mortality.
- Observation All seeds were killed above 120 g kg −1 moisture regardless of cooling rate.
- Observation All selections survived below 60 g kg −1 moisture at 1, 10 and 30°C min −1.
- Observation Four of six selections were damaged at 200°C min −2 cooling below 60 g kg −1 moisture.