The effect of storage condition, initial moisture content, packaging material and storage period on cotton seed quality

Date

1983

Abstract

An evaluation of cottonseed quality as affected by the storage condition, initial moisture content, packaging material and storage period was done for a period of one year. Results showed that storing cottonseed for a period of one year at a moisture content of 8-9 percent using polyethylene film (3 and 6 mil thick) maintained seed moisture at a sufficiently low level. It also resulted to cottonseed with low fungi infection, mite population and low respiration rate and consequently yielded seeds with high germination capacity and vigor even if the seeds were subjected to varying levels of temperature and relative humidity conditions. Storing cottonseed in an air-conditioned room gave an added advantage, in that, seeds kept at 8-9 percent moisture using porous packaging materials gave seeds with germinability that was higher than the standard germination limit of 70 percent up to 12th month of storage. On the other hand, the seeds kept at the same moisture and in similar packaging materials under.

Document Type

Master Thesis

Language

English

Location

UPLB Main Library Special Collections Section (USCS)

Call Number

LG 995 1983 A2 D45

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