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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2004
Hendricus Cornelis Van Deventer, Apeldoorn, NL;
Albert Van Duijn, Oegstgeest, NL;
Rudy Mathias Henricus Heijmans, Westervoort, NL;
Hendricus Cornelis van Deventer, Apeldoorn, NL;
Albert van Duijn, Oegstgeest, NL;
Rudy Mathias Henricus Heijmans, Westervoort, NL;
Abstract
The invention relates to a method for treating seeds, comprising the following steps: (a) a sterilization step wherein, for 0.1 to 60 seconds and at a minimum pressure of 0.5 bar absolute, the seeds are contacted with a condensing medium having a condensation temperature of 80-200 DEG C, wherein the medium condenses on the seeds and the temperature of the surface of the seeds is raised to 200 DEG C at most; and (b) a cooling step wherein the sterilized seeds obtained in step (a) are cooled, wherein the temperature of the surface of the seeds is lowered, within 30 seconds at most, to 50 DEG C at most, and wherein the conditions of steps (a) and (b) are set such that the germination capacity of the seeds is relatively preserved or increases. The invention further relates to seeds obtainable with the method according to the invention.
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