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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 22 February 2007
Seeds of watermelon (Citrullus lanatus (Thunb.) Matsum. & Nakai var. Congo) were subjected to mild accelerated ageing treatments of 30 and 60 d at 30°C at a moisture content of 7.2%. In comparison to a cold-stored control, normal germination and viability were slightly (but not significantly) decreased by these treatments. Subsequent construction of survival curves during storage at 40°C, at seed moisture contents ranging from 10–18%, revealed that the prior 30°C ageing treatments prolonged survival under these conditions.