Claim · model-written summary
Tin storage gave excellent germination percentage compared with other devices.
- Taxon
- cowpea
Vigna unguiculatat0 - Treatment
- tin containere0
- Outcome
- germination percentagee0
- Direction
- excellente0
- Comparator
- other storage devicese0
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Verbatim
e0“But seeds stored in tin container maintained excellent germination percentage and vigor index as the moisture content and fungal contamination were less compared to other storage devices throughout the 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 Fungal contamination increased with storage time.
- 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 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.