TABLE 1.
Moisture content (%) of groundnuts stored over the entire 6 months storage period
| % Moisture content of seed in bag after (months) | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sampling position in the bag | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| Top (0–20 cm depth) | 5.9 | 6.1 | 5.8 | 6.0 | 6.4 | 6.3 | 5.8 |
| Middle (20–40 cm depth) | 5.8 | 5.7 | 6.2 | 6.8 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 6.3 |
| Bottom (40–60 cm depth) | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.9 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.1 | 5.9 |
| Mean ± Std | 5.7 ± 0.21c | 5.8 ± 0.25c | 5.9 ± 0.17bc | 6.4 ± 0.33a | 6.5 ± 0.04a | 6.3 ± 0.16ab | 6.0 ± 0.22bc |
Means with same superscripts letters in a row are not significantly different (p < .05)