[
    {
        "id": "osp-14159",
        "type": "article-journal",
        "title": "Factors Influencing Date Pollen Viability",
        "author": [
            {
                "family": "Mardi",
                "given": "M"
            },
            {
                "family": "Consolacion",
                "given": "Evangeline"
            },
            {
                "family": "AI-Manthari",
                "given": "O."
            },
            {
                "family": "AI-Nabhani",
                "given": "H."
            }
        ],
        "URL": "https://omanscience.com/en/articles/factors-influencing-date-pollen-viability",
        "language": "en",
        "issued": {
            "date-parts": [
                [
                    1997
                ]
            ]
        },
        "container-title": "Journal of Agricultural and Marine Sciences",
        "volume": "2",
        "page": "55",
        "DOI": "10.24200/jams.vol2iss0pp55-58",
        "publisher": "Sultan Qaboos University",
        "ISSN": "2410-1060",
        "abstract": "Pollen of seven date cultivars was stored at 4.5 -5.0'C using desiccator with or without silica gel and in vials outside the desicator as a control. Germination percentage was determined microscopically with a hemacytometer after harvest and at three and six months of Storage, respectively, using a boric acid-sucrosce medium. Cultivar genotype did out influence the viability of pollen. Pollen stored for six months gave a higher germination percentage (45.9%) than three months (40.9%) indicating that pollen requires more than three months at 4.5 - 5C for the reactivation or its growth factors. An increase in relative humidity in storage containers resulted in reduced germination profiles. Germination percentages were 62.2, 42.9 and 22.79% at 18. 55 and over 55 relative humidity, respectively. Pollen stored in desiccator with and without silica gel gave a higher germination profile after six months than at three months storage whereas the control gave the lowest. The highest germination percentage was observed in pollen kept in a desiccator in the presence of silica gel for six months."
    }
]