Slow drying improved germinability of soybean zygotic embryos compared with fast drying.

processing · growth · Glycine max (soybean)Positive and negative results

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1. negative
   Seeds shelled and dried outside the pod had poorer viability than slow-dried seeds in intact pods.

   Characteristics of Soybean Seed Maturation: Necessity for Slow Dehydration¹ · 1983 · compared with seeds slow‐dried in intact pods

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2. negative
   As the number of days of soil moisture deficit increased, soil drying reduced soybean emergence at initial soil water contents of 0.07 and 0.09 kg kg-1.

   Soil Moisture, Temperature, and Drying Influence on Soybean Emergence · 1996

   Opposite direction

3. no effect
   Cooling before storage had no identified direct effect on germination and vigor.

   Physiological quality of soybean seeds artificially cooled and stored in different packages · 2016

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4. negative
   Upper dryer position reduced germination to 63%.

   Validation of an experimental prototype of thick-layer fixed bed dryer and determination of the quality of the dried soybean grains · 2018 · compared with middle and lower dryer positions

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5. no effect
   In preventive treatments, fermentation extracts of the B. siamensis strain did not promote soybean seedling growth.

   A Novel Neotropical Bacillus siamensis Strain Inhibits Soil-Borne Plant Pathogens and Promotes Soybean Growth · 2025

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6. negative
   Germination and vigor of soybean seeds are reduced when drying temperature increases from 40 °C to 50 °C, an effect enhanced above 30% moisture content.

   Physiological potential of soybean seeds after maturation and submitted to artificial drying · 2017 · compared with 40 °C

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7. negative
   In study 2 tetrazolium vigor showed a slight reduction in soybean seed quality after drying

   Drying soybean seed using air ambient temperature at low relative humidity · 2006

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8. negative
   Heated-air dried seeds showed reduced germination, especially when harvested at high moisture.

   Influence of Dry Treatment after Harvest on Quality of Soybean Seeds : I. Physical property, chemical composition, and suitability for food processing · 1977

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