Drying beads

Drying beads are a zeolite-based desiccant product developed by Rhino Research. When used with airtight containers, the drying beads provide a widely adaptable method for drying high-value horticultural seeds and maintaining seed quality during storage. The beads can be reused indefinitely by heating between uses.

Vegetable grafting in Honduras and Guatemala

Poster, 2015 annual meeting

"Scaling and commercialization of drying technologies for improved horticultural seed and processing quality" title slide

Lightning talk: Commercialization of drying technologies for horticultural seed

Presentation, 2016 annual meeting

Trainer demonstrates drying beads in front of seed farmer group and company in Bangladesh

Drying beads help Bangladesh farmers access better seed

In humid Bangladesh, finding reliable vegetable seed can be a challenge — a situation that can ruin a crop before a farmer’s hard work even begins.

5-minute lesson: Dry chain and dry store

Presentation, 2017 annual meeting

Drying seeds and produce

Presentation, 2016 Symposium on Horticultural Science

Woman holds jar of drying beads and seeds, speaking into TV microphone held by a reporter

How drying beads work, in a new SciDev.Net video

Reporter Giovanni Ortolani visited with Horticulture Innovation Lab partners in Bangkok, Thailand, recently to learn about how farmers in humid climates can better save seed using drying beads.

Jars of seed with zeolite drying beads, Horticulture Innovation Lab

‘Dry chain’ partnership helps farmers store seed better

A partnership between university scientists and a private technology company has sprouted both new concepts and new tools that can help vegetable farmers in developing countries access better seeds.

Drying Beads website

Informative website

Implementing drying systems to preserve seed quality

Presentation, 2013 annual meeting

Simple and effective drying and storage of seeds and horticultural products for developing world farmers

Fact sheet

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