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contact_email: Library-ICRISAT@CGIAR.ORG
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creators_name: Rao, N K
creators_name: Sastry, D V S S R
creators_name: Bramel, P J
icrisatcreators_name: Rao, N K
icrisatcreators_name: Sastry, D V S S R
icrisatcreators_name: Bramel, P J
affiliation: ICRISAT(Patancheru)
country: India
title: Effects of shell and low moisture content on peanut seed longevity
ispublished: pub
subjects: s1.3
full_text_status: restricted
keywords: Arachis hypogaea L, germplasm, pod, storage


note: We thank Drs. L. J. Reddy, Bonwoo Koo, and U. K. Deb for
reviewing the manuscript and Mr A. Jayaraj for assisting in laboratory
work.
abstract: Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) germplasm accessions in ICRISAT genebank are conserved as pods under medium-term conditions (4 C and 30% RH). Pod storage requires far greater space than seed storage and is more likely to be expensive, especially in a controlled environment. With the objective to evolve cost effective strategies for conservation, the survival of in-shell and shelled seeds of two peanut cultivars, ICGS 76 (virginia bunch) and JL24 (spanish), was studied under three different storage conditions— ambient (20-40 C and 30-80% RH), short term (23-25 C and 40-50% RH), and medium term (4 C and 30% RH). In-shell seeds had marginally greater longevity than shelled seed in all storage conditions. The differences in time for regeneration of in-shell and shelled seeds stored under medium term conditions were estimated to be less than 4 mo for both the cultivars. Because of the much reduced volume required for storage and the insignificant differences in regeneration interval, conservation of shelled seeds would be highly cost-effective under the controlled environmental conditions, as compared to in-shell seeds. Since storage at very low moisture contents was suggested as a simple and low cost option for conservation of seed lots required for short-term use, the longevity of peanut seeds (cv. ICGS 76) hermetically sealed with 3.6% moisture content was studied in comparison with seeds held at 5.8% moisture. The studies showed that peanut seeds hermetically stored at room temperature (23-25 C) with low moisture content (below 4%) could retain high germination (> 85%) for up to 8 yr.


date: 2002
date_type: published
publication: Peanut Science
volume: 29
number: 2
publisher: American Peanut Research and Education Society
pagerange: 122-125
refereed: TRUE
issn: 0095-3679
official_url: http://dx.doi.org/10.3146/pnut.29.2.0008 
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citation:   Rao, N K and Sastry, D V S S R and Bramel, P J  (2002) Effects of shell and low moisture content on peanut seed longevity.  Peanut Science, 29 (2).  pp. 122-125.  ISSN 0095-3679     
document_url: http://oar.icrisat.org/3170/1/PS_29_2_122-125_2002.pdf