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Reports on the storage and transportation of date palm pollen were among the earliest concerned with pollen viability. The male inflorescences of Phoenix dactylifera were prominently mentioned in trade contracts of the Hammurabi period about 2000 B.C. When storage of male flowers in a dark, dry place was first recognized as prolonging fertilizing capacity is lost in antiquity. Systematic research on pollen storage started at the end of the 19th century.
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Stanley, R.G., Linskens, H.F. (1974). Storage. In: Pollen. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-65905-8_5
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