The Relationship Between Seed Size and Seed Quality in UNPAD New Seed Collection of Sweet Corn Lines After Storage

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10.2991/fanres-18.2018.24How to use a DOI?

Keywords

corn, equilibrium moisture content, inbred, longevity

Abstract

Seed size before storage can affect the performance of the seed after storage. Seed size correlates to energy reserves, and therefore an evaluation of the relationship between seed size and seed quality is needed. This paper discusses variations in the seed sizes of sixteen UNPAD sweet corn lines to determine the relationship between seed size and seed quality. The sweet corn lines used in this study were classified into two groups by seed mass (weight). Seeds classified as small averaged between 8.0-10.6 g per 100 seeds in mass, and heavy seeds averaged between 11.5-13.7 g per 100 seeds. The results showed that seed moisture content and germination rate were significantly correlated to seed size, and there was a slight positive correlation between the seed germination rate and seed weight. We conclude that heavy seeds were of better quality than small seeds

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© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Muhamad Kadapi
AU  - Anne Nuraini
AU  - Agus Wahyudin
AU  - Setiyo Anita Lestari
PY  - 2018/11
DA  - 2018/11
TI  - The Relationship Between Seed Size and Seed Quality in UNPAD New Seed Collection of Sweet Corn Lines After Storage
BT  - Proceedings of the International Conference on Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources (FANRes 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 121
EP  - 124
SN  - 2352-5401
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/fanres-18.2018.24
DO  - 10.2991/fanres-18.2018.24
ID  - Kadapi2018/11
ER  -