A microcalorimetric analysis of quinoa seeds with different initial water content during germination at 25 degrees C

Authors
Sigstad, EE Garcia, CI
Citation
Ee. Sigstad et Ci. Garcia, A microcalorimetric analysis of quinoa seeds with different initial water content during germination at 25 degrees C, THERMOC ACT, 366(2), 2001, pp. 149-155
Citations number
13
Categorie Soggetti
Spectroscopy /Instrumentation/Analytical Sciences
Journal title
THERMOCHIMICA ACTA
ISSN journal
00406031 → ACNP
Volume
366
Issue
2
Year of publication
2001
Pages
149 - 155
Database
ISI
SICI code
0040-6031(20010124)366:2<149:AMAOQS>2.0.ZU;2-2
Abstract
Quinoa (Chenopodium quinoa Willd.) is an ancestral crop from the Andes of S outh America. Its high-energy and nutritional value content makes this crop very suitable for food. Germination of quinoa seed remains a problem. In t he present work germination of quinoa seeds with different initial moisture contents were monitored by microcalorimetry at 25 C. Storage at moisture c ontents above 0.082 g g(-1) drastically reduces seed germination. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science B.V. All lights reserved.