“…High relative humidity promotes the reinitiation of metabolic activity in the embryo, whereas high temperatures increase respiratory activity, which depletes reserves. In addition, these conditions may favor fungal and insect activity, thus reducing seed quality (Christensen and Kaufmann 1965). Thus, in São Paulo, the occurrence of peanut seed lots with germination percentage is often lower than the standard established for marketing (60%), due to high rates of infection caused by fungi and insects (Santos et al 2013).…”