Influence of Penicillium spp. and Aspergillus spp. on sowing value of winter grain triticale stored under different conditions

The subject of the investigation carried out in 1992 were grain winter triticale cultivars: Bolero, Dagro, Malno, Presto. During the storage period moisture content of grain, germination capacity, emergence of grain and mycoflora were studied. Grain drying up to moisture 12.6% and storing without air access, at variable temperature (14.2-25.6 degrees C) contributed to its high indices of sowing value. When stored without air access, at climate (0-3 degrees C), regardless two levels of moisture (ab. 12.6% and ab. 15%) the grain kept its high quality, within the period of I year. Penicillium spp. and Aspergillus spp. were the main cause of reduced germination, when grain was stored in air-tight closed glass containers at variable temp, and the moisture of grain about 15%. The grain triticale can be stored in linien bags if moisture of grain is ab.13% and air humidity equals 60%.