Rachael M. Davies

Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew — United Kingdom

Agricultural and Biological Sciences · Life Sciences

10h-index294citations14works2.02yr avg
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Research Topics

Seed Germination and Physiology(7), Plant tissue culture and regeneration(4), Ecology and Vegetation Dynamics Studies(3), Plant and animal studies(3), Plant Genetic and Mutation Studies(3)

Publications14 total

Longevity, cryopreservation and propagation of carnivorous plants seeds: insights from 13 species in long-term <i>ex situ</i> collections
Annals of Botany·2025· 2 citedOpen Access
Selecting the best candidates for resurrecting extinct-in-the-wild plants from herbaria
Nature Plants·2022· 27 cited
More on seed longevity phenotyping
Seed Science Research·2022· 36 citedOpen Access
Reproductive biology of wild and domesticated <i>Ensete ventricosum</i> : Further evidence for maintenance of sexual reproductive capacity in a vegetatively propagated perennial crop
Plant Biology·2022· 11 citedOpen Access
Regulation of seed germination by diurnally alternating temperatures in disturbance-adapted banana crop wild relatives (<i>Musa acuminata</i>)
Seed Science Research·2020· 13 citedOpen Access
Cryopreservation of Seeds and Seed Embryos in Orthodox-, Intermediate-, and Recalcitrant-Seeded Species
Methods in molecular biology·2020· 29 cited
Conserving orthodox seeds of globally threatened plants ex situ in the Millennium Seed Bank, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, UK: the status of seed collections
Biodiversity and Conservation·2020· 60 citedOpen Access
Exploring seed longevity of UK native trees: implications for <i>ex situ</i> conservation
Seed Science Research·2020· 12 cited
Evaluation of short-lived seeds’ cryopreservation as alternative to conventional seed banking.
Cryobiology·2018· 11 cited
Buried alive: Aquatic plants survive in ‘ghost ponds’ under agricultural fields
Biological Conservation·2017· 63 citedOpen Access
150-seed comparative longevity protocol – a reduced seed number screening method for identifying short-lived seed conservation collections
Seed Science and Technology·2016· 24 cited
Moisture-Dependent Engineering Properties of Forastero Cocoa Bean Seeds
2014· 3 cited
<i>Botrytis cinerea</i> in stored cabbage: the use of germ‐tube growth on leaf discs as an indicator of potential head rot
Plant Pathology·1985· 4 cited
The rapid determination of moisture in seeds and other granular substances
Proceedings of the Physical Society·1932

Frequent Co-authors

John Dickie(7), Daniel Ballesteros(3), Udayangani Liu(2), Elinor Breman(2), Fiona R. Hay(2), Simon Kallow(2), Emily Alderton(1), Carl D. Sayer(1), Stephen J. Lambert(1), Jan C. Axmacher(1), Tiziana Antonella Cossu(1), Félix Forest(1), David J. Merritt(1), Dustin Wolkis(1), Natalia Fanega-Sleziak(1), Giulia Albani Rocchetti(1), Angelino Carta(1), Andrea Mondoni(1), Sandrine Godefroid(1), Charles C. Davis(1)