Manuscript Number : IJSRSET1624178
Effect of Periods of Seed Storage on Seed Quality Characteristics of Three Soybean (Glycine max (L) Merrill) Varieties
Authors(4) :-O. T. Isaac, E. A. Seweh, S. Apuri, B. K. Banful and S. Amoah
Seed storage experiment was carried out to investigate the most appropriate period of storing and preserving soybean seed quality under ambient conditions. Germination percentage, seed vigour, moisture content, 1000 seed weight, protein and oil contents were assessed before storage, three and six months (90 and 180 days) after storage. The results indicated that soybean seeds without storage recorded a high germination percentage and vigour than those stored for three and six months. Generally, germinability reduced by 17 % and 38 % at three and six months of storage respectively than seeds not stored. Seed vigour also reduced by 23 % and 71 % at three and six months of storage than seeds without storage. Moisture content and 1000 seed weight increased under ambient storage conditions. Temperature and relative humidity readings were high and fluctuated under ambient storage conditions, and these conditions contributed in increasing the moisture and 1000 seed weight. The percentage oil content of the seeds reduced in storage by 0.37 % and 0.44 % at three and six months of storage than seeds not stored. However, protein content of the seeds increased at three and six months in storage by 0.23 % and 1.77 % as compared to seeds not stored.
O. T. Isaac
Soybean, Seed, Storage Period, Seed Quality.
Publication Details
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Volume 2 | Issue 4 | July-August 2016 Article Preview
Department of Horticulture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
E. A. Seweh
Department of Agricultural Engineering, School of Engineering, Bolgatanga Polytechnic, Bolgatanga, Ghana
S. Apuri
Department of Ecological Agriculture, School of Art and Applied Sciences, Bolgatanga Polytechnic, Bolgatanga
B. K. Banful and S. Amoah
Department of Horticulture, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana
Date of Publication :
2016-08-31
License: This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) :
823-830
Manuscript Number :
IJSRSET1624178
Publisher : Technoscience Academy
Journal URL :
https://ijsrset.com/IJSRSET1624178