Validation of Grain Moisture Meter for Tropical Vegetable Seeds Moisture Content Chotimatul Azmi (a)*, Imas Rita Saadah (a), Asih K. Karjadi (a), Prasodjo Soedomo (a), Astiti Rahayu (b), Nurmalita Waluyo (b)
a) Research Center for Horticultural and Estate Crops, National Research and Innovation Agency (BRIN), Cibinong Science Center, Jl. Raya Jakarta - Bogor, Cibinong, Bogor 16915, West Java Indonesia
*chotimazmi[at]yahoo.com
b) Indonesian Institute for Testing Instrument Standard of Vegetable Crop, Indonesian Center for Testing of Horticulture Standard Institute, Indonesian Agency for Agricultural Instrument Standardization, Ministry of Agriculture, Republic of Indonesia, Jl. Tangkuban Perahu 517 Lembang, West Bandung, 40391, West Java, Indonesia
Abstract
The standard method for seed moisture determination is the low-constant temperature oven method. Rapid determination of seed moisture content can use a moisture meter, but we must calibrate and validate first with the standard method. LDS-1G Grain Moisture Meter is recommended for only twenty types of samples (seed or seed meal). Seven tropical vegetable seeds (chickpeas, chili, cucumber, kangkong, long beans, tomatoes, and spinach) were used to validate the LDS-1G Grain Moisture Meter compared to the oven method. The paired t-test result showed no significant difference between the Oven Method and LDS-1G Grain Moisture Meter on moisture content measurement of cucumber, kangkong, long beans, and tomato. The LDS-1G Grain Moisture Meter could predict seed moisture content significantly differently with the chickpea, chili, and spinach seeds oven method. The recommended codes when measuring the moisture content of tropical vegetable seeds using LSD-1G Grain moisture meter, are as follows: cucumber on P6 and P7 codes- kangkong on codes P5, P6, P10, P11, and P12- long beans on codes P6, P7, P10, P11, and P12- and tomatoes on codes P3, P6, P10, P11, and P12.
