Sorghum seed storage in Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags and improvised containers |
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| Affiliation: | 1. Department of Food Science and Technology, Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, P.O. Box 62000-00200, Nairobi, Kenya;2. International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya;3. Department of Dairy, Food Science and Technology, Egerton University, P.O. Box 536-20115, Egerton, Kenya;4. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, P.O. Box 320, Bamako, Mali;1. Assistant Scientist, Department of Processing and Food Engineering, CCS Haryana Agricultural University, Hisar, Haryana, India;2. Senior Scientist, Agro Produce Processing Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, India;3. Head, Agro Produce Processing Division, ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, India;4. Former Director, ICAR-Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering, Bhopal, India;1. Seed Physiology Lab, Department of Agronomy, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan;2. Department of Entomology, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad, Pakistan;3. Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA;1. Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA;2. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN), BP 240 Maradi, Niger;1. International Crops Research Institute for the Semi-Arid Tropics, Patancheru, India;2. Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA;1. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique du Niger (INRAN), BP 240 Maradi, Niger;2. Department of Entomology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, USA |
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| Abstract: | Seed storage is a major challenge for smallholder farmers in developing nations. Purdue Improved Crop Storage (PICS) bags effectively control the postharvest insect pests of cowpea and other crops. Farmers, encouraged by this success, have begun to expand the use of PICS bags for storing other crops. Little is known about how sorghum seed, one of these important crops, fares when stored under hermetic conditions. Accordingly, we stored sorghum seed for six months in either airtight containers (PICS bags or sealed plastic bottles) or open ones (woven polypropylene bags and open plastic bottles). Overall, sorghum seed stored in PICS bags and in sealed plastic bottles maintained its initial moisture level, germination rate and seed weight. Porous polypropylene bags and open plastic bottles lost moisture over six months. We conclude that sorghum seed can be safely stored in hermetic containers without any loss of quality for extended periods of time. |
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| Keywords: | Sorghum seed Hermetic storage PICS Moisture Oxygen Germination |
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