Claim · model-written summary
G. kola seeds reached equilibrium in 91 days.
- Taxon
- G. kola
Garcinia kolae0 - Organ / stage
- Seedse0
- Outcome
- equilibriume0
- Value
- 91 dayse0
- Qualifier
- depending on seed size and structuree0
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Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Seeds reached equilibrium with different days depending on seed size and structure, ranging from 13 days for E. angolense to 91 days for G. kola”
Title
Water Sorption Isotherm Characteristics of Seeds of Six Indigenous Forest Tree Species in Ghana
NS Olympio; JM Asomaning; M Sacande West African Journal of Applied Ecology 2011. doi:10.4314/wajae.v18i1.70312
Other claims from this paper (10)
- Observation E. angolense seeds reached equilibrium in 13 days.
- Observation T. superba seeds showed a sigmoidal moisture-content versus humidity relationship.
- Observation T. ivorensis seeds showed a sigmoidal moisture-content versus humidity relationship.
- Observation M. altissima seeds showed a sigmoidal moisture-content versus humidity relationship.
- Observation E. angolense seeds showed a sigmoidal moisture-content versus humidity relationship.
- Observation K. anthotheca seeds showed a sigmoidal moisture-content versus humidity relationship.
- Observation G. kola seeds showed a reversed sigmoid isotherm, like orthodox species rather than a monotonic curve.
- Association Seed moisture content increased with relative humidity.
- Observation G. kola seeds lost water at every relative humidity tested.
- Observation Other species seeds either lost or absorbed water depending on ambient relative humidity.