1 kg of barley grains from all genotypes except
Jet, ICARDA 26 and Buloke, which were not available to plant
was,cleaned and placed in a 300 200 100 mm plastic box with lid.
Beakers of silica gel (50 mL) were placed in the containers to
ensure humidity was maintained
as confirmed by humidity
meters. The grain boxes were stored at 10 C in the dark for
4 months, as is common industrial practice (