Figure 4. Results for experiment C. (A) eRH of rice seeds and desiccant (silica gel or drying beads) and (B)
moisture content (mean ± s.e.) of rice seeds after 28 days of drying in heat-sealed laminated aluminium foil
packets at 15°C using different ratios of desiccant to seeds. Also shown in (A), the germination of seeds stored for
28 days without desiccant (hashed column) and after drying with drying beads (light grey columns) or silica gel
(dark grey columns); and in (B), the expected moisture content of seeds dried with beads if the beads took up as
much water as they adsorbed overnight when placed over water in a sealed container at room temperature (17.5%
FW; dashed line)