Storage Methods in Relation to Post-Harvest Losses in Cereals

McFarlane, J. A.

doi:10.1017/s1742758400005634

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“…For protective outdoor or indoor storage, the seeds must be guarded for physical damage such as high temperature, adverse weather, snow and rain, and biological factors which include microorganisms, birds, rodent, mites, and insects. The process of farm storage is used by various countries to store major part of seeds [44,45]. The storage structure varies in capacity and has range of 100 kg to few metric tons.…”

Section: Farm-level Storagementioning

confidence: 99%

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Postharvesting Techniques and Maintenance of Seed Quality

Yousaf¹,

Saleh²,

Ramazan³

et al. 2016

New Challenges in Seed Biology - Basic and Translational Research Driving Seed Technology

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Healthy seeds and grains are the demanding enterprise of the recent era for the production of high yield in the next season. The seeds must be stored for the maintenance of high-yielding crop. During storage, major losses of seeds are caused by various biological and nonbiological factors. There is a need to examine reasonable factors of these crop losses, which ultimately affect the market value and quality of the seed. The quality of seeds can be maintained by using careful postharvest handling techniques. There is need to establish the well-suited methods to assess the losses during the process and to use the best technique to minimize the loss and to ensure the quality and safety of the crop. The target is to achieve the high-quality seeds of the national and international standards that could meet the demand of the supplier. This chapter emphasizes on the aspects and postharvest techniques that are used to maintain seed quality. " comprehensive review of the better, economical, convenient, and productive methods is provided, focused on the needs of developing countries but also with relevance in more industrialized countries.

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Section: Farm-level Storagementioning

confidence: 99%

“…In developing countries, seeds are stored in gunny or woven polypropylene bags in traditional warehouses, whereas silos for bulk storage, seeds elevator, and flat storage structure are used in developed countries [45,47]. Bag storage is a laborious and costly process and has greater chance of seed spillage and biological losses.…”

Section: Bagged Storagementioning

confidence: 99%