International Journal of Pure & Applied Bioscience (IJPAB)
Year : 2018, Volume : 6, Issue : 1
First page : (1661) Last page : (1667)
Article doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5954
Effect of Packaging Materials, Desiccant on Longevity of Summer Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cv. G2-52 Stored Both in the form of Pod and Kernel
Vijayalakshmi, N.* and Malabasari, T. A.**
Department of Seed Science and Technology, College of Agriculture, UAS, Dharwad-580005, Karnataka
*Corresponding Author E-mail: vijjinpalliga@gmail.com
Received: 30.10.2017 | Revised: 27.11.2017 | Accepted: 3.12.2017
ABSTRACT
An experiment was conducted in Seed Quality Research Laboratory of National Seed Project, Seed Unit, University of Agricultural Sciences, Dharwad during 2016-2017 to evaluate the effect of packaging materials, desiccant on longevity of summer groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cv. G2-52 stored both in the form of pod and kernel. The groundnut seeds were stored both in the form of pod and kernel. The seed moisture content was reduced to desired level by adding desiccant zeolite beads with a specific bead to seed ratio and stored in four different packaging materials. Among the four different packaging materials pods stored in PICS bag recorded highest germination (83.67 %), oil content (47.39) and protein content (27.52) and maintained the lowest moisture content (5.03 %). Whereas, the seeds stored in gunny bag deteriorated rapidly in all the seed quality parameters and recorded the lowest germination (54 %), oil content (45.01 %) and protein content (25.32 %) with fluctuating higher moisture content (12.03 %) at the end of eighth month of storage period.
Key words: Near infrared machine, zeolite beads, PICS bag.Full Text : PDF; Journal doi : http://dx.doi.org/10.18782
Cite this article: Vijayalakshmi, N. and Malabasari, T.A., Effect of Packaging Materials, Desiccant on Longevity of Summer Groundnut (Arachis hypogaea L.) cv. G2-52 Stored Both in the Form of Pod and Kernel, Int. J. Pure App. Biosci.6(1): 1661-1667 (2018). doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.18782/2320-7051.5954
