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EFFECT OF INITIAL MOISTURE CONTENT AND DIFFERENT STORAGE CONTAINER ON THE QUALITY OF GRASS PEA (Lathyrus sativa) SEED (Pages : 18 - 24)
M. H. A. AMIN, M. S. RAHAMAN AND M.O. K. AZADAn experiment was conducted in front of training room at the academic building of Hajee Mohammad Danesh Science and Technology University, Dinajpur during the period from December, 2006 to March, 2007 to evaluate the effect of initial moisture content and different storage container on the quality of grass pea seed. Three types of containers viz., sealed container (C1), polythene bag (C2) and gunny bag (C3) were used as experimental treatment. Among the three containers, initial moisture content of grass pea seeds were 10.3% (M1), 9.3% (M2) and 8.2% (M3) in ambient condition for three months of storage. The experiment was laid out in the Completely Randomized Design (CRD) with three replications. The parameters studied were percent moisture content and percent germination with an interval of 15 days. The results of the experiment clearly revealed that germination percentage of grass pea seeds decreased with the increased in initial moisture content of seed. In safe moisture 8.2% (M3) showed highest germination percentage (81.33%) at 15th day stored. Initial moisture 10.3% (M1) gave lowest germination percentage (74.34%) at 60th day and 9.3% (M2) was in intermediate. The seal container (C1) performed highest germination percentage 81.67, 80.00, 80.00, 78.67 at 15, 30, 45 & 60th day respectively. The lowest germination percentage (74.00) was observed in gunny bag (C3) at 60th day. The highest interaction effect of moisture and storage container was M1C3 at 15th day. This study opined that initial moisture and storage container effect on the quality of grass pea seeds as air tight sealed container (C1) is the best one. Download