Method for improving the storability of seeds
AssigneeRijk Zwaan Zaadteelt En Zaadhandel B.V.
InventorEric Roland Coppoolse
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Abstract
The invention relates to a method for improving the storability of seeds, comprising storing the seeds in the presence of an oxygen absorber. Preferably, the seeds are stored in a closed container. In a first embodiment, the oxygen absorber does not remove moisture from inside the container. In another embodiment, the oxygen absorber does remove moisture from inside the container. The seeds can be stored at a temperature between freezer temperature and the temperature at which the seeds lose their viability. Upon storing seeds according to the invention the storage temperature can be much higher.
Claims7
A method for storing seeds that are at least one of untreated living seeds, primed living seeds and pilled living seeds, the method comprising storing the seeds in the presence of an oxygen absorber
- in a closed container for a period of at least 6 months
- at a temperature between 25° C. and 40° C.;
- thereby improving the storability and long-term viability of the seeds as compared to the seeds not stored in the presence of an oxygen absorber.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.