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Characteristics of Sweet and Super Sweet Corn Seeds Shelled at Different Seed Moisture and Threshing Method Conditions  

Lee, Suk-Soon (School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Resources, Yeungnam Univ.,)
Yun, Sang-Hee (School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Resources, Yeungnam Univ.,)
Yang, Seung-Kyu (School of Biological Sciences, College of Natural Resources, Yeungnam Univ.,)
Hong, Seung-Beom (Dept. of Oriental Medicine Resources, Asia University)
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KOREAN JOURNAL OF CROP SCIENCE / v.51, no.7, 2006 , pp. 632-638 More about this Journal
Abstract
Characteristics of sweet (sugary, su) and super sweet (shrunken-2, sh2) corn seeds shelled by different threshing methods at different moisture content status were studied. Hybrid seeds of a su (Early Sunglow ${\times}$ Golden Cross Bantam 70, GCB 70) and a sh2 (Xtrasweet 82 ${\times}$Fortune) were dried to moisture content of 12, 15, 18, and 21%. Hand shelling did not give any mechanical damages to seeds, while an electrical corn thresher gave some visible mechanical damages. The emergence rate of hand shelled seeds was higher than that of machine shelled seeds by $6{\sim}14%$ for a su and by $9{\sim}18%$ for a sh2 hybrid depending on seed moisture contents in cold test. The optimum seed moisture content to reduce mechanical threshing damages and to improve seed quality was 15% for su and 12% for sh2 hybrid seeds. At the optimum seed moisture contents, germination rate at $25^{\circ}C$, emergence rate in the cold test and ${\alpha}-amylase$ activity were highest, while the percentage of damaged seeds and leakage of total sugars and electrolytes in soaking water were minimized.
Keywords
sugary; shrunken-2; corn; shelling; emergence rate; cold test; leakage; total sugar; electrolytes; ${\alpha}-amylase$ activity;
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