... initiation and elongation of newroots [2, 14, 15, 16]. Root Growth Potential (RGP, ameasure of the seedling intrinsic capacity of new rootelongation) can be a useful indicator of outplanting ... obtained here for pine, pointing to theabsence of bud desiccation during desiccation (figure 1),are consistent with these findings. In contrast, in oaks,buds underwent the same level of desiccation ... storage conditions in desiccating conditions test-ed here are different from the long term (several months)cold storage conditions. In the latter case, storage proce-dures allowing to maintain an...