Table 2. Final germination of crop seeds after 18 months of storage in different packaging materials at various levels of initial seed moisture contents.
| Packaging Materials |
Initial Germination (%) |
Final Germination at 8% SMC |
Final Germination at 14% SMC |
Initial Germination (%) |
Final Germination at 8% SMC |
Final Germination at 14% SMC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maize | Wheat | |||||
| Super Bag | 99 | 85±2.89az | 0±0 b | 99.8 | 99±0.50 a | 18±1.67 b |
| Paper bag | 99 | 8±1.67 b | 0±0 b | 99.8 | 95±5.01 a | 88±4.41 a |
| PP bag | 99 | 3±1.67 b | 2±2.89 b | 99.8 | 88±2.89 a | 82±1.67 a |
| Jute Bag | 99 | 3±2.89 b | 2±1.67 b | 99.8 | 85±11.68 a | 78±7.65 a |
| Cloth Bag | 99 | 8±4.42 b | 2±1.67 b | 99.8 | 87±3.34 a | 83±8.83 a |
| HSD at P ≤ 0.05 | 11 | 31 | ||||
| Quinoa | Cotton | |||||
| Super Bag | 80.5 | 50±2.89 a | 0±0 d | 75 | 69±0.58 a | 0±0 d |
| Paper bag | 80.5 | 30±1.73 b | 16±1.67 c | 75 | 62±0.88ab | 7±2.41 d |
| PP bag | 80.5 | 23±4.41bc | 17±1.53 c | 75 | 58± 0.67b | 28±3.47 c |
| Jute Bag | 80.5 | 21±3.34bc | 18±3.34 bc | 75 | 59±1 b | 36±1.16 b |
| Cloth Bag | 80.5 | 23±1.67bc | 20±2.89bc | 75 | 60±0.66ab | 29±3.53c |
| HSD at P ≤ 0.05 | 12 | 9 | ||||
Means within same column not sharing same letters are significantly different at p ≤ 0.05.
zMean separation within columns by Tukey’s HSD at p ≤ 0.05. PP; Polypropylene, SMC; Seed moisture contents.