Tob. Sci., 1978, 22-20, p. 71-72, ISSN. 0082-4523
Long-term storage of tobacco pollen
Oxford Tobacco Research Laboratory, Science and Education Administration, United States Department of Agriculture, Oxford, North Carolina USA; Crop Science Department, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina USA
Tobacco pollen was stored for 90 months in four ways. Two storage methods involved use of a desiccant (silica gel) and different storage temperatures and one involved freeze-drying and sealing the pollen in a glass ampoule. In the fourth method...