[bionet.genome.arabidopsis] Long-term seed storage

JGL@CORNELLA.CIT.CORNELL.EDU (Rob Last) (04/18/91)

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