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A Species Compendium for Plant Genetic Resources Conservation
other collaborators. The seed storage behaviour compendium was published in 1996
(HONG et al. 1996) as fourth handbook in IPGRI’s series of Handbooks for Genebanks.
Handbooks for Genebanks No. 1: CROMARTY, A.S., R.H. ELLIS and E.H. ROBERTS. 1990. The Design
of Seed Storage Facilities for Genetic Conservation. IBPGR, Rome, Italy.
Handbooks for Genebanks No. 2: ELLIS, R.H., T.D. HONG and E.H. ROBERTS. 1985. Handbook of
Seed Technology for Genebanks. Vol. 1 Principles and Methodology. IBPGR, Rome.
Handbooks for Genebanks No. 3: ELLIS, R.H., T.D. HONG and E.H. ROBERTS. 1985. Handbook of
Seed Technology for Genebanks. Vol. 2. Compendium of specific germination information and test
recommendations. IBPGR, Rome, Italy.
Practical Manuals for Genebanks No. 1: HANSON, J. 1985. Procedures for Handling Seeds in Genebanks.
IBPGR, Rome, Italy.
Handbooks for Genebanks No. 4: HONG, T.D., S. LININGTON and R.H. ELLIS. 1996. Seed Storage
Behaviour: A Compendium. IPGRI, Rome, Italy.
IPGRI Technical Bulletin No. 1: HONG, T.D. and R.H. ELLIS. 1996. A protocol to determine Seed
Storage Behaviour. IPGRI, Rome, Italy.
Fig. 1: A series of benchmark handbooks
In addition to the seed storage behaviour compendium, a protocol to determine seed
storage behaviour was developed (HONG and ELLIS 1996). It provides an approach by
which conservationists and genebank managers can determine whether or not longterm
seed storage is feasible for a particular species, i.e. whether or not that species
shows orthodox seed storage behaviour. It is intended to be used along with the
Compendium, as these two products are essentially complementary. The overall aim
of the protocol is to guide and encourage further work in this area of seed physiology
(particularly for species on which relatively less work has been done to date) with the
objective to expanding on/up-dating the type of species-specific data compiled in the
compendium.
The protocol to determine seed storage behaviour was published as IPGRI’s first
Technical Bulletin (HONG and ELLIS 1996). In the same year, work started on a second
set of data on dormancy and germination requirements of seeds and later on
pollen storability (IPGRI 1996).
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