{"id":6986,"date":"2026-09-04T11:09:10","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:09:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/?p=6986"},"modified":"2026-09-04T11:09:10","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T09:09:10","slug":"long-term-seed-bank-storage-reveals-interspecific-variation-in-seed-longevity-of-native-rhododendron-species-in-korea","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/2026\/09\/04\/long-term-seed-bank-storage-reveals-interspecific-variation-in-seed-longevity-of-native-rhododendron-species-in-korea\/","title":{"rendered":"Long-term seed bank storage reveals interspecific variation in seed longevity of native Rhododendron species in Korea"},"content":{"rendered":"<script type='text\/javascript' src='https:\/\/d1bxh8uas1mnw7.cloudfront.net\/assets\/embed.js'><\/script><p><span style=\"color: #0d5c06;font-size: 10pt\"><strong>Research paper<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/2026-09-04_Yong-S.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-7003 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/2026-09-04_Yong-S-157x300.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"157\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/2026-09-04_Yong-S-157x300.png 157w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/2026-09-04_Yong-S-535x1024.png 535w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/2026-09-04_Yong-S-640x1224.png 640w, https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/5\/2026\/09\/2026-09-04_Yong-S.png 685w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 157px) 100vw, 157px\" \/><\/a>Key message\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\">We evaluated the seed storability of three native Korean\u00a0<i>Rhododendron<\/i>\u00a0species (<i>Rhododendron micranthum<\/i>\u00a0Turcz.,\u00a0<i>R. mucronulatum<\/i>\u00a0Turcz., and\u00a0<i>R. schlippenbachii<\/i>\u00a0Maxim.) under storage seed bank conditions. Although the three species were classified as bearing orthodox seeds, our analysis revealed a profound interspecific divergence in storability trends. These results highlight the need for species-specific storage protocols, even within the same genus or storage category.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Keywords<\/strong><br \/>\nEx situ conservation; Orthodox seed; P50; Storability<\/p>\n<div class='altmetric-embed' data-badge-type='donut' data-doi='10.1186\/s13595-026-01345-7'  style='float: right; ' ><\/div>\n<p><strong>Publication<\/strong><br \/>\nYong, S., Yeom, D., Lee, Y.\u00a0<i>et al.<\/i>\u00a0Long-term seed bank storage reveals interspecific variation in seed longevity of native\u00a0<i>Rhododendron<\/i>\u00a0species in Korea.\u00a0<i>Annals of Forest Science<\/i>\u00a0<b>83<\/b>, 25 (2026). <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-026-01345-7\">https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1186\/s13595-026-01345-7<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Handling editor<\/strong><br \/>\nErwin Dreyer<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research paper Key message\u00a0 We evaluated the seed storability of three native Korean\u00a0Rhododendron\u00a0species (Rhododendron micranthum\u00a0Turcz.,\u00a0R. mucronulatum\u00a0Turcz., and\u00a0R. schlippenbachii\u00a0Maxim.) under storage seed bank conditions. Although the three species were classified as bearing orthodox seeds, our analysis revealed a profound interspecific divergence in storability trends. These results highlight the need for species-specific storage protocols, even within the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":240,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,1,109,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6986","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-article-type","category-non-classe","category-open-access","category-research-paper","cat-14-id","cat-1-id","cat-109-id","cat-15-id"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6986","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/240"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6986"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6986\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7004,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6986\/revisions\/7004"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6986"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6986"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ist.blogs.inrae.fr\/afs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6986"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}