EFFECT OF PROCESSING ON PEA SEED QUALITY

Basic seed o f the pea (Pisum sativum L.) cultivars Kodama and Juma we re produced in the experimental fields of the Brazilian National Veget able Research Centre - CNPH/EMBRAPA - in 1990. After mechanical harves t, the seeds were taken to the Seed Processing Unit, where classificat ion by size, and colour (cv. Kodania, and by specific weight (cv. Juma ) took place. Results indicated that classification by size did not af fect seed quality; seed specific weight had a strong influence on the seed physical and physiological qualities and differences in seed colo ur were statistically associated with differences in seed physiologica l qualities.