Research Details
Development of Storage Techniques for Organically Grown Seeds (Study 2)
Noralyn Legaspi
Category: Study
Status: Completed
Duration:
January 1, 2009 -
December 31, 2016
Brief Description
This is the Study 2 of the project "Establishment of Seed Production and Storage System for a Sustainable Organic Crop Production".
- Evaluation of different plant materials for the control of storage pest of corn and garlic
- Evaluation of plant extracts to control specific storage pests of crops
The study will focus in the development of strategies for the storage of organically-produced seeds with the ultimate goal of developing a technology to maintain the viability of the seed materials and to control the occurrence of storage pests. Different techniques will be evaluated such as refrigeration, the use of various packaging materials, sun drying, dusting with ash, proper harvesting and seed extraction, etc. In addition, a combination of these techniques will also be evaluated.
The effectiveness of each treatment will be measured based on the following parameters:
- physiological changes (e.g. level of shrivelling, sprouting, weight loss, etc.)
- prevalence of storage pests
- percent germination (to be tested periodically)
- seedling vigour
