Summary: | ABSTRAK
]Storage experiments were carried out on peanut (Aruchis hypogaea L.J. The seeds were stored under various storage conditions for a period from 2 hours to 4.5 months sealed in aluminium laminated packets. Temperature ranged from 4 to 55°C and moisture content 11 � 17 per cent. Seed stored at 35°C were mostly killed after 77 days of storage. Seeds stored at 4°C or 15°C and moisture content from 11 to 16 per cent did not deteriorate very rapidly over approximately 4.5 months. Storage at a temperature of 55"C and 17 per cent moisture content for 15 hours produced sigmoid curve, when germination percentage plotted against storage time.
Viability equations were derived for peanut and the constant Kv, CI and C2 were calculated, was large. The significance of this is discussed.
Key words: Aluminium temperature storage, seeds
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