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. 2020 Jun 18;15(6):e0234510. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0234510

Table 1. Seedling emergence of Malus sylvestris, Prunusavium and Prunuspadus seeds (from Wawrzyniak et al. 2019) stored for two (2y) and three (3y) years and used as material in this report presenting the scheme of combination of storage temperature and moisture content (MC applied to seeds of each species);, SE–seedlings emergence.

Species MC, % Germination and seedlingemergence, %
2 years 3 years
Storage temperature, °C
-3 -18 -196 -3 -18 -196
M. sylvestris 4.9 SE 88.9 81.1 50.0 66.7 81.1 68.9
8.5 SE 88.9 90.0 84.4 83.3 86.7 81.1
10.7 SE 86.7 91.1 82.2 80.0 81.1 80.0
P. avium 5.5 SE 84.5 91.1 52.2 94.4 85.5 53.3
8.0 SE 91.1 80.0 50.0 84.5 83.3 62.2
11.2 SE 81.1 82.2 51.1 93.3 90.0 74.5
P. padus 5.9 SE 80.0 78.9 80.0 81.1 76.7 78.9
8.3 SE 78.9 90.0 77.8 80.0 86.7 75.5
11.4 SE 74.5 75.9 81.1 76.7 85.5 75.6