Maize Grain Stored in Hermetic Bags: Effect of Moisture and Pest Infestation on Grain Quality

Table 5

Mean (±SE) percentage weight loss after 60, 120, and 180 days of storage.

Treatment	Storage period (days)
	60	120	180
Polypropylene bag + 12% MC grain	1.6 ± 0.1d	15.2 ± 0.5d	35.8 ± 0.1d
Polypropylene bag + 14% MC grain	4.3 ± 0.5e	19.7 ± 0.3e	40.7 ± 0.3c
Polypropylene bag + 16% MC grain	5.6 ± 0.1f	21.8 ± 0.2f	42.6 ± 0.7f
Polypropylene bag + 18% MC grain	1.3 ± 0.1cd	20.9 ± 0.6f	40.1 ± 0.1e
SuperGrain IV-R™ bag + 12% MC grain	0.2 ± 0.0a	0.3 ± 0.1a	1.2 ± 0.1a
SuperGrain IV-R™ bag + 14% MC grain	1.0 ± 0.0bc	0.9 ± 0.1c	3.0 ± 0.2c
SuperGrain IV-R™ bag + 16% MC grain	0.8 ± 0.0b	0.8 ± 0.0c	2.0 ± 0.1b
SuperGrain IV-R™ bag + 18% MC grain	0.4 ± 0.1a	0.5 ± 0.1b	1.8 ± 0.1b
F value	143.60	1947.75	5307.88
value	<0.001	<0.001	<0.001

Means within a column followed by the same letter are not significantly different (SNK test, ).