Central Food Technological Research Institute, Mysore
Beans in pod and fresh bean sseds were stored at temperatures ranging from 32° F to 88° F. The following conclusions have been arrived at: -
(1) The optimum cold storage conditions for field beans in pod as well as bean seeds are a temperature of 32–35° F and R. H. of 85–90%. The approximate storage lives are 21 days in the case of beans in pod and 7 days in the case of bean seeds.
(2) The lower the storage temperature, the lower is the rate of respiration both in the case of beans in pod as well as bean seeds
(3) Storage diseases were due to two fungi, viz. Colletotrichune, lindemuthianum and Rhizopus nigricans.
