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| | A comparison of methods for drying seeds: vacuum freeze-drier versus silica gel - Hu, X., Zhang, Y., Hu, C., Tao, M. & Chen, S. |
 | | Drying rates using silica gel or a freeze-drier were comparable, but lower water contents could be obtained using silica gel; also, silica gel was readily available and the daily rental fees made the cost of freeze drying prohibitive, thus drying using silica gel was the preferred method. |
 | | Drying time courses for barley (top), kenaf (middle) and rice and oat (bottom) seeds that were freeze dried (open squares) or dried over silica gel with (solid stars) and without (solid diamonds) a circulating fan in the desiccator. |
 | | Drying to low water contents had no measurable effect on germination percentage. |
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