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Temperature and seed storage longevity. Annals of Botany, 65, 197-204. • Ellis, R.H. (1988). The viability equation, seed viability nomographs and practical advice on seed storage. Seed Science and Technology, 16, 29-50. • Ellis, R.H. (2019). Temporal patterns of seed quality development, decline, and timing of maximum quality during seed development and maturation. Seed Science Research, 29, 135-142. • Ellis, R.H. and Dolman, G.F.S. (1988). The germination and emergence of seeds of winter oilseed rape stored and sown in a mixture with pelleted methiocarb. Annals of Applied Biology, 112, 555-561. • Ellis, R.H. and Hong, T.D. (1994). Desiccation tolerance and potential longevity of developing seeds of rice (Oryza sativa L.). Annals of Botany, 73, 501-506. • Ellis, R.H. and Hong, T.D. (2006). Temperature sensitivity of the low-moisture-content limit to negative seed longevity-moisture content relations in hermetic storage. Annals of Botany, 97, 785-791. • Ellis, R.H. and Hong, T.D. 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Coffee. Journal of Experimental Botany, 41, 1167-1174. • Ellis, R.H., Hong, T.D. and Roberts, E.H. (1991a). Effect of storage temperature and moisture on the germination of papaya seeds. Seed Science Research, 1, 69-72. • Ellis, R.H., Hong, T.D. and Roberts, E.H. (1991b). An intermediate category of seed storage behaviour? II. Effects of provenance, immaturity, and imbibition on desiccation-tolerance in coffee. Journal of Experimental Botany, 42, 653-657. • Ellis, R.H., Hong, T.D., Roberts, E.H. and Soetisna, U. (1991c). Seed storage behaviour in Elaeis guineensis. Seed Science Research, 1, 99-104. • Ellis, R.H., Hong, T.D. and Roberts, E.H. (1992). The low-moisture-content limit to the negative logarithmic relation between seed longevity and moisture content in three subspecies of rice. Annals of Botany, 69, 53-58. • Ellis, R.H., Nasehzadeh, M., Hanson, J. and Woldemariam, Y. (2018). Medium-term seed storage of 50 genera of forage legumes and evidence-based genebank monitoring intervals. Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 65, 607-623. • Ellis, R.H., Nasehzadeh, M., Hanson, J., Ndiwa, N. and Woldemariam, Y. (2019). Medium-term seed storage of diverse genera of forage grasses, evidence-based genebank monitoring intervals, and regeneration standards, Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution, 66, 723-734. • Ellis, R.H., Osei-Bonsu, K. and Roberts, E.H. (1982). The influence of genotype, temperature and moisture on seed longevity in chickpea, cowpea and soyabean. Annals of Botany, 50, 69-82. • Ellis, R.H. and Roberts, E.H. (1980a). Improved equations for the prediction of seed longevity. Annals of Botany, 45, 13-30. • Ellis, R.H. and Roberts, E.H. (1980b). The influence of temperature and moisture on seed viability period in barley (Hordeum distichum L.). Annals of Botany, 45, 31-37. • Ellis, R.H. and Roberts, E.H. (1980c). Towards a rational basis for testing seed quality. In Seed Production, (ed. P.D. Hebblethwaite), pp. 605-635. Butterworths, London. • Ellis, R.H. and Roberts, E.H. (1981a). The quantification of ageing and survival in orthodox seeds. Seed Science and Technology, 9, 373-409. • Ellis, R.H. and Roberts, E.H. (1981b). An investigation into the possible effects of ripeness and repeated threshing on barley seed longevity under six different storage environments. Annals of Botany, 48, 93-96. • Ellis, R. H. and Yadav, G. (2016). Effect of simulated rainfall during wheat seed development and maturation on subsequent seed longevity is reversible. Seed Science Research, 26, 67–76. • Fabrizius, E. TeKrony, D., Egli, D.B. and Rucker, M. (1999). Evaluation of a viability model for predicting soybean seed germination during warehouse storage. Crop Science, 39, 194-201. • Farrant, J.M., Pammenter, N.W. and Berjak, P. (1988). Recalcitrance – a current assessment. 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Ex situ biodiversity conservation by seed storage: multiple-criteria keys to estimate seed storage behaviour. Seed Science and Technology, 25, 157-161. • Hong, T.D., Ellis, R.H. and Moore, D. (1997). Development of a model to predict the effect of temperature and moisture on fungal spore longevity. Annals of Botany, 79, 121-128. • Hong, T.D., Jenkins, N.E., Ellis, R.H. and Moore, D. (1998). Limits to the negative logarithmic relationship between moisture content and longevity in conidia of Metarhizium flavoviride. Annals of Botany, 81, 625-630. • Hong, T.D., Ellis, R.H., Buitink, J., Walters, C., Hoekstra, F.A. and Crane, J. (1999). A model of the effect of temperature and moisture on pollen longevity in air-dry storage environments. Annals of Botany, 83, 167-173. • Hong, T.D., Linington, S. and Ellis, R.H. (1996). Seed storage behaviour: a compendium, 656 pp. IPGRI, Rome. • Hung, L.Q., Hong, T.D. and Ellis, R.H. (2001). Constant, fluctuating and effective temperature and seed longevity: a tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) exemplar. Annals of Botany, 88, 465-470 • Ibrahim, A. E. and Roberts, E. H. (1983). Viability of lettuce seeds. I. Survival in hermetic storage. Journal of Experimental Botany, 34, 620-30. • Ibrahim, A. E., Roberts, E. H. and Murdoch, A. J. (1983). Viability of lettuce seeds. II. Survival and oxygen uptake in osmotically controlled storage. Journal of Experimental Botany, 34, 631-40. • Kebreab, E. and Murdoch, A.J. (1999). A quantitative model for loss of primary dormancy and induction of secondary dormancy in imbibed seeds of Orobanche spp. Journal of Experimental Botany, 50, 211–219. • Khah, E.M., Ellis, R.H. and Roberts, E.H. (1986). Effects of laboratory germination, soil temperature and moisture content on the emergence of spring wheat. Journal of Agricultural Science, Cambridge, 107, 431-438. • Khah, E.M., Roberts, E.H. and Ellis, R.H. (1989). The effects of seed ageing on the growth and yield of spring wheat at different plant population densities. Field Crops Research, 20, 175-190. • Kraak, H.L. and Vos, J. (1987). Seed viability constants for lettuce. Annals of Botany, 59, 343–349. • Leprince, O., Pellizzaro, A., Berriri, S. and Buitink, J. (2017). Late seed maturation: drying without dying. Journal of Experimental Botany, 68, 827–841. • Lima, M.de Jr., Hong, T.D., Arruda, Y.M.B.C., Mendes, A.M.S. and Ellis, R.H. (2014). Classification of seed storage behaviour of 67 Amazonian tree species. Seed Science and Technology, 42, 363-392. • Lyall, T.W., Ellis, R.H., John, P., Hedley, C.L. and Wang, T.L. (2003). Mutant alleles at the rugosus loci in pea affect seed moisture sorption isotherms and the relations between seed longevity and moisture content. Journal of Experimental Botany, 54, 445-450. • Mead, A. and Gray, D. (1999). 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The damaging effect of water on dry pea embryos. Journal of Experimental Botany, 29, 1215-1219. • Roberts, E. H. (1960). The viability of cereal seed in relation to temperature and moisture. Annals of Botany, 24, 12-31. • Roberts, E. H. (1972). Storage environment and the control of viability. In Viability of Seeds, (ed. E.H. Roberts), pp. 14-58 pp. Chapman and Hall, London. • Roberts, E. H. (1973). Predicting the storage life of seeds. Seed Science and Technology, 1, 499-514. • Roberts, E. H. and Abdalla, F. H. (1968). The influence of temperature, moisture and oxygen on period of seed viability in barley, broad beans and peas. Annals of Botany, 32, 97-117. • Roberts, E.H. and Ellis, R.H. (1989). Water and seed survival. Annals of Botany, 63, 39-52. • Royal Botanic Gardens Kew (2022). Seed Information Database (SID). Version 7.1. Available from: http://data.kew.org/sid/ (March 2022) • Sinniah, U.R., Ellis, R.H. and John, P. (1998). 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