INFLUENCE OF THE PACKAGE AND STORAGE ENVIRONMENT ON THE CONSERVATION OF PALM SEEDS (Phoenix loureiri KUNTH)
EDUARDO FONTES ARAÚJO E JOSÉ GERALDO BARBOSA
Alter harvesting and fruit depulping, seeds of palm (Phoenix loureiri Kunth) were submitted to drying at shadow until 15,06% moisture content. Following, seeds were placed into permeable and not permeable packages and stored under lab conditions and cold chamber at 3-4 degrees celsius of temperature and 80 to 85% relative humidity. The moisture content determination and the seed germination test were made in the beggining and after 1, 3 and 7 months of storage. Seed storage into impermeable containers in the lab, permeable and not permeable in the cold chamber, was efficient to keep initial seed quality during 7 months. The storage into permeable container in the lab only was efficient during 3 months, and after the 7 months storage period the seed quality was drastically reduced.
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