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.

Authors and Affiliations

O. T. Isaac
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

Soybean, Seed, Storage Period, Seed Quality.

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Published in : Volume 2 | Issue 4 | July-August 2016
Date of Publication : 2016-08-31
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 823-830
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Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099

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O. T. Isaac, E. A. Seweh, S. Apuri, B. K. Banful and S. Amoah, " Effect of Periods of Seed Storage on Seed Quality Characteristics of Three Soybean (Glycine max (L) Merrill) Varieties, International Journal of Scientific Research in Science, Engineering and Technology(IJSRSET), Print ISSN : 2395-1990, Online ISSN : 2394-4099, Volume 2, Issue 4, pp.823-830, July-August-2016. Citation Detection and Elimination     |     
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