Vol. 12, Issue 7 (2023)

Author(s):
Adison Tandon, Saswat Nayak and Manoj Kumar Beck

Abstract:
An experiment was conducted at the College of Forestry, Orissa University of Agriculture and Technology (OUAT), Bhubaneswar, India, to determine the effects of various storage conditions, such as closed light, closed dark, open light and open dark, as well as various storage durations, such as 0, 30, 60, 90, 120, and 150 days, on the oil content of Schleichera oleosa seeds. Oil content of seeds in closed polythene bags kept in light declined from 51.90% at the time of storage of seeds after 150 days to 30.39%, showing minimum degradation of 41.44%. The best storage environment for long-term storage of Schleichera oleosa seed for oil content is a closed polythene bag under light. This will help to minimise the oil's degradation.