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Free Radicals in X-Rayed Seeds of High and Low Water Content, as Measured by Electron Spin Resonance

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RECENTLY Caldecott1,2 and Ehrenberg3,4 have shown that contrary to earlier ideas dry stored seeds of barley are more sensitive to ionizing radiation than are normal stored seeds. These results have been confirmed by one of us5 in seeds of Vicia faba.

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  1. Department of Botany,

    W. KLINGMÜLLER & G. R. LANE

  2. Department of Electronics, University of Southampton,

    M. C. SAXENA & D. J. E. INGRAM

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KLINGMÜLLER, W., LANE, G., SAXENA, M. et al. Free Radicals in X-Rayed Seeds of High and Low Water Content, as Measured by Electron Spin Resonance. Nature 184, 464–465 (1959). https://doi.org/10.1038/184464a0

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