@article{icrisat4983,
           title = {Cleavage damage due to rapid drying in pea-shaped seeds of chickpea (Cicer arietinum)},
       publisher = {Indian Council of Agricultural Research},
          author = {N K Rao and M H Mengesha and R P S Pundir},
           pages = {255--258},
            year = {1990},
          volume = {60},
         journal = {Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences},
          number = {4},
             url = {http://oar.icrisat.org/4983/},
        abstract = {In the context of seed storage, 6 accessions from the ICRISAT germplasm collection, 4 of which had pea-shaped seeds, were studied to investigate the effect of drying on seed splitting (cleavage). Drying in a cabinet at 15 +- 1 deg C and 15 +- 2\% relative humidity (RH) caused much more damage than drying over silica gel at 15 deg C, but the latter method took much longer. Almost all pea-shaped seeds were damaged in the cabinet compared with only 28\% and 12\%, respectively, of seeds from varieties with semispherical or owl-head-shaped seeds. On the basis of preliminary results a 2-stage drying procedure is recommended: (1) initial slow drying in a cabinet at 15 deg C and 30-40\% RH until moisture content reaches 9\% or less, followed by (2) drying at 15 deg C and 15\% RH to reduce moisture content to the 7\% required for long-term storage., 5 ref., In the context of seed storage, 6 accessions from the ICRISAT germplasm collection, 4 of which had pea-shaped seeds, were studied to investigate the effect of drying on seed splitting (cleavage). Drying in a cabinet at 15 +- 1 deg C and 15 +- 2\% relative humidity (RH) caused much more damage than drying over silica gel at 15 deg C, but the latter method took much longer. Almost all pea-shaped seeds were damaged in the cabinet compared with only 28\% and 12\%, respectively, of seeds from varieties with semispherical or owl-head-shaped seeds. On the basis of preliminary results a 2-stage drying procedure is recommended: (1) initial slow drying in a cabinet at 15 deg C and 30-40\% RH until moisture content reaches 9\% or less, followed by (2) drying at 15 deg C and 15\% RH to reduce moisture content to the 7\% required for long-term storage.}
}