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Seed Aging : implications for seed storage and persistence in the soil / David A. Priestley Boyce Thompson Institute for Plant Research.
LIBRA - Blank Collection QK661 .P74 1986
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Priestley, David A.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Seeds--Aging.
- Seeds.
- Seeds--Viability.
- Seeds--Storage.
- Free Library of Philadelphia (stamp).
- Local Subjects:
- Free Library of Philadelphia (stamp).
- Penn Provenance:
- Blank, Fritz (bookplate) (donor)
- Physical Description:
- 304 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Distribution:
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Division of Cornell University Press,
- Place of Publication:
- Ithaca, N.Y. : Comstock Publishing Associates, 1986.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Seeds as dry systems
- Loss of seed quality in storage
- Surveys of the longevity of seed stored dry in collections
- The longevity of seeds in the soil
- Ancient seeds
- Morphological, structural, and biochemical changes associated with seed aging
- Selected tabulation of seed longevity.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 209-288) and indexes.
- Local Notes:
- Kislak Center Chef Fritz Blank Culinary Archive and Library copy presented to the Penn Libraries by Fritz Blank in 2008.
- Kislak copy has bookplate of Chef Fritz Blank.
- Kislak copy is former library copy withdrawn from Free Library of Philadelphia with stamps and markings.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Priestley, David A. Seed aging.
- ISBN:
- 0801418658
- 9780801418655
- OCLC:
- 12557993
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