Claim · model-written summary
Direct immersion in liquid nitrogen left germination of air-dried H. annuus seeds without a significant difference from non-cooled controls.
- Taxon
- H. annuus
Helianthus annuuse0 - Treatment
- direct immersion in liquid nitrogene0
- Outcome
- germinatione0
- Direction
- not significantly differente0
- Qualifier
- 6.2-8.9% moisture contente0
- Comparator
- control seeds (air-dried, non-cooled)e0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“In three species (E. vesicaria, B. napus, and H. annuus) germination of air-dried (6.2-8.9% moisture content) seeds cooled by direct immersion in liquid nitrogen was not significantly different from germination of control seeds (air-dried, non-cooled).”
Title
Cryopreservation of lipid-rich seeds: effect of moisture content and cooling rate on germination.
E M González-Benito; F Pérez-García PubMed 2002
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Seed lipid content ranged from 15% in O. nervosum to 41% in H. annuus.
- Intervention effect Direct immersion in liquid nitrogen left germination of air-dried E. vesicaria seeds without a significant difference from non-cooled controls.
- Intervention effect Direct immersion in liquid nitrogen left germination of air-dried B. napus seeds without a significant difference from non-cooled controls.
- Intervention effect Air-dried O. nervosum seeds responded best among cooling treatments when slowly cooled.
- Intervention effect Air-dried O. acanthium seeds responded best among cooling treatments when slowly cooled.