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Agriculture Handbook No. 506

TABLE 12.--Seed germination of 2 soybean cultivars stored at
3 moisture contents and 5 temperatures for 10 years
MAMMOUTH YELLOW5
Germination at indicated moisture content and temperature ('C) Reduced Moisture2 Natural Moisture3 High Moisture4 Storage Period -10% 2% 10% 20% 30% -10% 2% 10% 20% 30% -10% 2% 10% 20% 30% Months 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 97 99 98 -- -- 97 93 14 3 98 98 96 96 97 96 97 96 99 87 98 94 91 96 0 5 96 94 93 87 96 96 94 95 98 0 97 98 96 85 -- 9 91 89 89 99 95 93 94 98 97 -- 94 96 94 0 -- 12 93 93 95 99 87 93 95 98 93 -- 96 97 88 -- -- 24 96 94 98 96 0 96 97 96 0 -- 99 97 1 -- -- 48 94 96 99 89 -- 98 96 88 -- -- 95 81 -- -- -- 72 99 97 96 70 -- 97 98 39 -- -- 89 0 -- -- -- 96 95 94 93 47 -- 98 95 19 -- -- 70 -- -- -- -- 120 92 95 94 0 -- 98 90 0 -- -- 17 -- -- -- --
OTOOTAN5
Germination at indicated moisture content and temperature ('C) Reduced Moisture2 Natural Moisture3 High Moisture4 Storage Period -10% 2% 10% 20% 30% -10% 2% 10% 20% 30% -10% 2% 10% 20% 30% Months 1 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 94 93 92 -- -- 91 92 0 3 92 93 88 90 88 94 90 95 94 64 94 94 95 79 -- 5 92 90 94 94 89 91 94 92 88 18 94 90 89 0 -- 9 93 89 90 96 92 93 91 94 73 0 94 92 89 -- -- 12 94 94 88 95 91 89 93 92 0 -- 96 92 76 -- -- 24 90 93 88 92 74 93 95 93 -- -- 92 88 0 -- -- 48 89 95 95 88 1 90 93 85 -- -- 83 30 -- -- -- 72 91 98 93 86 0 94 92 15 -- -- 93 0 -- -- -- 96 94 96 94 79 -- 98 94 0 -- -- 27 -- -- -- -- 120 94 93 95 68 -- 98 91 -- -- -- 44 -- -- -- --
References:
1. Data from Toole and Toole (1946).
2. Mamouth Yellow 9.4 and Otootan 8.1 percent
3. Mamouth Yellow 13.9 and Otootan 13.4rcent
4. Mamouth Yellow 18.1 and Otootan 17.9 percent
5. Mamouth Yellow 97 and Otootan 93 percent germination before storage.


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