> On Mon, 11 Nov 2002, Russell McMahon wrote:
>
> *>You can clearly see the deep & brief dip near the end.
>
> Maybe it's to kill live seeds and bacteria ? Most live seeds would have
> trouble with that cold dip. Also some operating electronics.


Everyone seems to be assuming the temperature
logging went without fault.

Assuming the sharp dip in question is a deliberate
"process", presumably to kill bacteria etc it
is very likely that this process was not refrigeration
but some irradiation which simply caused a malfunction
in the electronics or temp sensing, which one might
expect with a severe irradiating?
-Roman

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