Seed quality and longevity during storage of four jatropha curcas L.accessions found in Sarawak

Seeds of Jatropha curcas L. collected from four accessions from Bintulu, Miri, Samarahan and Sri Aman were studied to determine moisture content, germination, viability and other related properties (seedling morphogenesis and seed oil content). Outcomes of this research were crucial for developin...

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Main Author:	Geffry Ujie, Joshua
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English
Published:	2013
Subjects:	QK Botany
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9398/1/Geffry.pdf
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spelling	my-unimas-ir.93982023-04-03T03:55:12Z Seed quality and longevity during storage of four jatropha curcas L.accessions found in Sarawak 2013 Geffry Ujie, Joshua QK Botany Seeds of Jatropha curcas L. collected from four accessions from Bintulu, Miri, Samarahan and Sri Aman were studied to determine moisture content, germination, viability and other related properties (seedling morphogenesis and seed oil content). Outcomes of this research were crucial for developing and innovating the suitability of seed storage methodology in retaining quality for future precedent. This study emphasized the effects of desiccation and storage of seed from three different level of fruit maturity. In addition, an environmental influence on the mother tree was also studied to determine the relatedness yield of seed oil content by ecological features and soil property. This study revealed that the maturity indexes was significant (p = 0.009) to determine the quality of the fresh seed. However, at post-storage the outcome was vice-versa (p = 0.055) due to seed aging. The best criterion to determine seed quality at post-storage was by accession where it showed a significant outcome of p < 0.001 compared to fresh seed (p = 0.051). Desiccation period of 96 hours reduced seed moisture content up to 70% for 60 days of storage was optimal in minimizing the risk of deterioration caused by fungi and seed biochemical reaction, as well as retained seed viability. Dry microclimate and ample content of phosphorus, magnesium, sulfur, copper and zinc elements available in soil were believed as a factor for which contributed to high oil yield in J. curcas seed. Universiti Malaysia Sarawak (UNIMAS) 2013 Thesis http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9398/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9398/1/Geffry.pdf text en validuser masters University Malaysia Sarawak Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
institution	Universiti Malaysia Sarawak
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language	English
topic	QK Botany
spellingShingle	QK Botany Geffry Ujie, Joshua Seed quality and longevity during storage of four jatropha curcas L.accessions found in Sarawak
description	Seeds of Jatropha curcas L. collected from four accessions from Bintulu, Miri, Samarahan and Sri Aman were studied to determine moisture content, germination, viability and other related properties (seedling morphogenesis and seed oil content). Outcomes of this research were crucial for developing and innovating the suitability of seed storage methodology in retaining quality for future precedent. This study emphasized the effects of desiccation and storage of seed from three different level of fruit maturity. In addition, an environmental influence on the mother tree was also studied to determine the relatedness yield of seed oil content by ecological features and soil property. This study revealed that the maturity indexes was significant (p = 0.009) to determine the quality of the fresh seed. However, at post-storage the outcome was vice-versa (p = 0.055) due to seed aging. The best criterion to determine seed quality at post-storage was by accession where it showed a significant outcome of p < 0.001 compared to fresh seed (p = 0.051). Desiccation period of 96 hours reduced seed moisture content up to 70% for 60 days of storage was optimal in minimizing the risk of deterioration caused by fungi and seed biochemical reaction, as well as retained seed viability. Dry microclimate and ample content of phosphorus, magnesium, sulfur, copper and zinc elements available in soil were believed as a factor for which contributed to high oil yield in J. curcas seed.
format	Thesis
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Geffry Ujie, Joshua
author_facet	Geffry Ujie, Joshua
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title	Seed quality and longevity during storage of four jatropha curcas L.accessions found in Sarawak
title_short	Seed quality and longevity during storage of four jatropha curcas L.accessions found in Sarawak
title_full	Seed quality and longevity during storage of four jatropha curcas L.accessions found in Sarawak
title_fullStr	Seed quality and longevity during storage of four jatropha curcas L.accessions found in Sarawak
title_full_unstemmed	Seed quality and longevity during storage of four jatropha curcas L.accessions found in Sarawak
title_sort	seed quality and longevity during storage of four jatropha curcas l.accessions found in sarawak
granting_institution	University Malaysia Sarawak
granting_department	Faculty of Resource Science and Technology
publishDate	2013
url	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/9398/1/Geffry.pdf
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Seed quality and longevity during storage of four jatropha curcas L.accessions found in Sarawak

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