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From: JGL@CORNELLA.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (Rob Last)
Newsgroups: bionet.genome.arabidopsis
Subject: Long-term seed storage
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Date: 18 Apr 91 13:11:42 GMT
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We are setting up long-term and medium-term storage of our lab seed
stocks.  Is there a consensus about whether -20C or -80C is the best
way to 'indefinitely' store Arabidopsis seeds?  Is it important to
keep +4C seeds dessicated even if they are in sealed vials?  Has
anyone come up with clever ways of storing large quantities of dessicated
seeds in a small space?  Thanks alot.
Rob Last
Boyce Thompson Institute