Fertility of Deep-frozen Maize (Zea mays L.) Pollen
- 1 December 1981
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of Botany
- Vol. 48 (6) , 861-864
- https://doi.org/10.1093/oxfordjournals.aob.a086193
Abstract
On average, 50 per cent of maize pollen grains can be kept viable and almost 30 per cent remain fertile for up to a year when the water content on a fresh weight basis is reduced to about 30 per cent of the original and the pollen is stored at −76 or −196 °C. Over this period no significant difference was found between storage at either temperature.Keywords
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