PEANUT SEEDS CONSERVATION (Arachis hypogaea L.) AS A FUNCTION OF CONDITIONING, PACKAGE AND STORAGE ENVIRONMENT

Authors

  • Gilvaneide Alves de Azeredo
  • Riselane de Lucena Alcântara Bruno
  • Kilson Pinheiro Lopes
  • Acilon da Silva
  • Edênia Diniz
  • Antonio Alves de Lima

Keywords:

Conservation, package, vigor

Abstract

The aim of this study was to evaluate vigor of peanut seeds (Arachis hypogaea L.), cv. BR-1. The experiment was carried out at a seed analysis laboratory and in a greenhouse, in Areia-PB, Brazil, from August, 1998 through September, 1999. The treatments were peanut seeds stored inside and outside the fruit, in two package types (paper and metallic), in four periods (3, 6, 9 and 12 months) and two storage conditions (non-controlled environment and dry chamber, 65% UR and 20°C). Moisture and vigor characteristics were evaluated by electrical conductivity (laboratory test), and by seedlings percentage and emergence speed rate at greenhouse. The conclusions were that seeds stored inside the fruits in dry chamber showed high vigor throughout the storage period, independently of the package type used; and, peanut seeds extracted from the fruits, stored in metallic package and kept in non-controlled environment, lost their vigor significantly after six months of storage.

KEY-WORDS: Conservation; package; vigor.

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Author Biography

Gilvaneide Alves de Azeredo

Universidade Federal do Tocantins, Campus de Araguaína-TO E-mail: azeredogil@yahoo.com.br

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Published

2007-11-06

How to Cite

AZEREDO, G. A. de; BRUNO, R. de L. A.; LOPES, K. P.; SILVA, A. da; DINIZ, E.; LIMA, A. A. de. PEANUT SEEDS CONSERVATION (Arachis hypogaea L.) AS A FUNCTION OF CONDITIONING, PACKAGE AND STORAGE ENVIRONMENT. Pesquisa Agropecuária Tropical [Agricultural Research in the Tropics], Goiânia, v. 35, n. 1, p. 37–44, 2007. Disponível em: https://revistas.ufg.br/pat/article/view/2284. Acesso em: 17 jul. 2024.

Issue

v. 35, n. 1, Jan./Apr. 2005

Section

Research Article

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