Claim · model-written summary
Fungal contamination increased with storage time.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatat0 - Treatment
- increase in storage periode0
- Outcome
- Fungal contaminatione0
- Direction
- increasede0
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleComparatorSettingValueQualifier
Organisms pictured · Representative pictures of the matched species, not figures from the paper.
Verbatim
e0“Fungal contamination and moisture content increased and seed germination and vigor decreased with the increase in storage period.”
t0“cowpea”
Title
Efficiency of Storage Device for Long term Storage of Cowpea Seeds
A.K. Sarma; M.R. Devi; A. Nigam International Journal of Agriculture Environment and Biotechnology 2014. doi:10.5958/2230-732x.2014.00239.3
Other claims from this paper (12)
- Intervention effect Cowpea seeds in gunny bags had highest seed moisture content.
- Intervention effect Cowpea seeds in gunny bags had highest prevalence of fungi.
- Intervention effect Cowpea seeds in gunny bags had lowest germination percentage.
- Intervention effect Cowpea seeds in gunny bags had lowest vigor.
- Association moisture content increased with storage time.
- Association seed germination decreased with storage time.
- Association vigor decreased with storage time.
- Intervention effect Tin storage gave excellent germination percentage compared with other devices.
- Intervention effect Tin storage gave excellent vigor index compared with other devices.
- Intervention effect Tin storage gave less moisture content compared with other devices.
- Intervention effect Tin storage gave less fungal contamination compared with other devices.
- Recommendation Tin containers were judged the best secure long term cowpea seed storage device.