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Summary:

Published in Tree Seed Working Group - News Bulletin. Canadian forest genetics association. 50(December): 15-17. https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/farming-natural-resources-and-industry/forestry/tree-seed/tree-seed-centre/tswgnewsbulletin50.pdf

Water activity (aw ) is a non-destructive, portable, and rapid technique currently used to assess the moisture of hygroscopic materials (e.g., agro-food, pharmaceuticals) and particularly, one of intermediate products such as orthodox seeds (Baldet et al. 2007). 

Sector(s): 

Forests

Catégorie(s): 

Scientific Article

Theme(s): 

Forestry Research, Seeds and Forest Seedlings Production

Author(s):

BALDET, Patrick, Fabienne COLAS et Michèle BETTEZ

Year of publication:

2009

Format:

Paper

Keyword(s):

production de semences et de plants, conservation, seeds and forest seedlings production, water activity, seed, quality test, seed testing