The seed viability of a tropical variety of rice has been investigated in hermetic storage under a range of conditions of temperature and moisture content. The results confirm a previous suggestion, which was made on the basis of data from temperate cereals, that the relationship between these factors and viability can be described in simple mathematical terms. In addition, a comparison has been made of the effects on viability of hermetic storage in air, oxygen, nitrogen, and carbon dioxide.
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Ε. H. Roberts (1961) studied this question.