Alternative method of seed drying and conservation

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Variación del contenido de humedad con el tiempo de semillas secadas con arroz - cloruro de sodio.
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humidity, storage, rice- sodium chloride

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Susana F. Calderón Piñar
Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical “Alejandro de Humboldt”
Nélida Fraga Aguiar
Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical “Alejandro de Humboldt”
Alfredo Socorro García
Instituto de Investigaciones Fundamentales en Agricultura Tropical “Alejandro de Humboldt”

Abstract

The low moisture content is an important factor to obtain a high seed longevity during the storage. The aim of this paper was to test the use of the rice - sodium chloride mixture as desiccant. The seeds were placed in a tightly closed chamber with this mixture. The seed moisture content decreased until to values of 5,0 and 7,5 % for the following species: tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L. cv: Placero-H, pumpkin (Cucurbita moschata Duch.ex Lam) Duch. ex Poir cv: VME, cv: Marinelis), and corn (Zea mays L. cv: Sanjuanero, cv: Francisco mejorado. Their storage and conservation during 6 month in glass containers for two temperatures (ambient 27oC) and (refrigerator 5oC) guaranteed their viability and germination above 90 %.

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Alternative method of seed drying and conservation. (2013). Agrotecnia De Cuba, 37(1), 10-17. https://agrotecnia.edicionescervantes.com/index.php/agrotecnia/article/view/361
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Alternative method of seed drying and conservation. (2013). Agrotecnia De Cuba, 37(1), 10-17. https://agrotecnia.edicionescervantes.com/index.php/agrotecnia/article/view/361

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