[NHCOLL-L:226] Re: Effects of freezing on seed germination

[Arthur H. Harris]

Try the National Seed Storage Laboratory 
<http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/NoPlains/FtCollins/nsslmain.html>.  If
you can find the right people there, they should be able to answer
most questions.

jennifer e hain wrote:

> I am a graduate student at the University of Texas as Austin an am
> interested in investigating preservation issues concerning herbaria.  I was
> wondering if anybody is aware of any studies done on the effects of
> freezing (frequently done for pest management) on the germination rates of
> seeds removed from specimen sheets?

Cheers,

Art Harris
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Laboratory for Environmental Biology
Centennial Museum (Natural and Cultural History)
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