Viability of Stored Seed: Extension by Cathodic Protection
- 20 December 1974
- journal article
- other
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 186 (4169), 1123-1124
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.186.4169.1123
Abstract
Placing seeds on a negatively charged conductor extended their viability during artificial aging. Such cathodic protection may reduce free radical attack by providing a source of electrons. The results stupport the hypothesis of free radical damage to cellular components and are consistent with such damage being important in deteriorative senescence changes.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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