The five taboos of maize seed storage

The stand or fall of maize seed storage,had a great influence on production.If stored properly, it will cause great losses to production.So what should be paid attention to in the process of storage?

1.Taboo seed moisture content is too high.
 Corn seed moisture content is too high,Once frozen, the embryo will be destroyed,so that its life force and the germination rate declined.So, we should find a way to put the corn seed water content below 15%, which meet the following security level.

2.Taboo seed studs are not enough
  If you doped with unfilled grains, broken grains and dust and other impurities,it can make mixed bacteria and grain storage pest damage to corn.So stored corn seed must be carefully screened to remove impurities, to ensure clarity.

3.Taboo seed moisture
 Because corn seeds organization is osteoporosis, embryo, it is easy to swell, mouldy or even happen.In order to avoid the evil, must place the corn in dry and stable temperature place.

4.Taboo seeds contaminated
 Forbidden to put corn together with chemical fertilizers, pesticides and others, in order to prevent the evil because of pollution.

5.Taboo mice 
 Rat increasingly rampant in recent years, therefore must find ways to eliminate the rats, in order to avoid the has caused a serious loss to the production.

In addition, still should regularly check the seeds in pile, such as temperature, humidity and seed germination rate, once found the problem, and timely solve, avoid due to improper storage of corn, corn production caused irreparable damage.