Department of Seed Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore-560 065, Karnataka, India
*Corresponding Author: Induja Sudhakaran, Department of Seed Science and Technology, University of Agricultural Sciences, GKVK, Bangalore-560 065, Karnataka, India. Email: indujas.1996@gmail.com
Online published on 6 May, 2021.
Seed deterioration is the loss of quality, viability and vigour either due to ageing or effect of adverse environmental factors. The process of deterioration is an irresistible physiological phenomenon. The seeds which are stored under suitable conditions may sometime undergo a series of changes which can ultimately result in the deterioration of the quality of the seed. Hence a thorough study should be done in these deteriorative changes so that proper measures can be adopted to control the variations. Therefore in this article the changes within cellular, biochemical and metabolic aspects of long term stored oilseeds are discussed.
Antioxidants, Biochemical, Enzyme degradation, Lipid peroxidation, Metabolic, Seed deterioration
