Vol. 11, Issue 9 (2022)

Author(s):
Meena MK, Chetti MB and Nawalagatti CM

Abstract:
Practical application: Farmers, traders normally pack the seeds of various crops in either polythene bags, gunny bags or cloth bags before being used for propagation in the next season. Many seeds loose viability during the storage due to their sensitivity to oxidation and variation in moisture content during the storage period. It has been found that storing the crop seeds under vacuum packed bags enhance the shelf life while maintaining the quality. Since the seed is an essential input in agriculture, it is utmost necessary to maintain the viability and Vigour of the seed. Many a times, it so happens that the good quality seed is not available to the farmers in time due to various reasons, the average productivity of most of the crop plants has gone down considerably in the last one decade and one of the reasons for such decline is the poor quality of seeds being used by the farmers. Vacuum packaging has been found to be superior technology in preserving the seed quality i.e. physiological and biochemical aspects of different field crops.