Germination of corn seed persevered in oxygen depleted minienvironment
International Journal of Development Research
Germination of corn seed persevered in oxygen depleted minienvironment
Received 21st September, 2018; Received in revised form 16th October, 2018; Accepted 28th November, 2018; Published online 31st December, 2018
Copyright © 2018, Khanh Le Quoc et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
Two corn seed samples of moisture content 11.7% and 13.2% were preserved in an air oxygen depletion minienvironment, with volume concentration <2%, control samples of moisture content 11.7 % was preserved in natural atmosphere at oxygen concentration of 20.9%. Germination of the seeds was periodically examined during the preservation, at 0, 3, 6, and 9 months. The obtained test results showed that the germination, the normal and the growth of young trees, were dependent mainly on the oxygen concentration and moisture content during 9 month storage. After storage at oxygen concentration <2% continuously during 9 months, the germination was 100% only for the seed of 11.7 % moisture content preserved in < 2 % oxygen, however for the seed of moisture content 13.2 % moisture content the germination í acceptable but the growth of young trees was slower. The germination of control sample (preservated in 20.9 % oxygen) decreases unacceptably down.
