Showing papers in "Seed Science and Technology in 1973"

Accelerated aging techniques for predicting the relative storability of seed lots

Abstract: CHARLES C. BASKIN Extension Agronomist, Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service, Mississippi State University, State College, U.S.A. BS, MS, AuburnUniversity, Auburn. Alabama; PhD, Mississippi State University, State College. Seed company management must make many technical decisions in the course of business operations. One of the important decisions that must be made each season involves the determination of which seed lots among those held in inventory should be marketed first and which can be safely held for carry-over in the event of a weak market or to insure an adequate seed supply the following year. 1 Journal Paper No. 2133 of the Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, Mississippi State University, State College, Mississippi. The major portion of the research on which this report is based was supported under Cooperative Agreement No. 12-14-100-9010 (51) between the MAFES and MQRD, ARS, USDA (1966-70). Substantial support during the early stages of the work was provided by a grant from the American Seed Research Foundation (1964-1966). The Southern Seedsmen's Association granted funds during the period 1966-1970 for closely related research. 2 Agronomist, Mississippi Agricultural and Forestry Experiment Station, and Extension Agronomist, Mississippi Cooperative Extension Service, respectively.