Practice mode Plant Breeding and Genetics

Tea, coffee and mango seeds cannot be kept in seed banks because they lose viability sharply when their moisture content falls below what level?

Correct answer A. 12%

Explanation

These are recalcitrant seeds; they are shed with high moisture and die when dried below roughly 12 to 30%, so they cannot be stored dry and cold.

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