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Seed storage, temperature and relative humidity: response

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 September 2008

Christina W. Vertucci
Affiliation:
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, National Seed Storage Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
Eric E. Roos
Affiliation:
United States Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service, National Seed Storage Laboratory, Fort Collins, CO 80523, USA
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