Storage requirements for sugar maple seeds

Harry W. Yawney; Clayton M. Jr. Carl

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Storage requirements for sugar maple seeds

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Harry W. Yawney, Clayton M., Jr. Carl

Year:

1974

Type:

Research Paper

Station:

Northern Research Station

Source:

Res. Pap. NE-298. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7p.

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Abstract

Sugar maple seeds, collected from three trees in northern Vermont, were stored at four temperatures (18, 7, 2, and -10ºC) in combination with four seed moisture contents (35, 25, 17, and 10 percent). Seed moisture content and storage temperature significantly affected keeping ability, and these factors were highly interrelated. Seeds from all trees kept best at the lowest temperature and lowest moisture content tested.

Citation

Yawney, Harry W.; Carl, Clayton M., Jr. 1974. Storage requirements for sugar maple seeds. Res. Pap. NE-298. Upper Darby, PA: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Northeastern Forest Experiment Station. 7p.