Table 3 Physical quality of corn stored under different systems and durations.

Storage	Cracked corn			Normal corn			Whole corn
	Time (months)			Time (months)			Time (months)
	Zero	Three	Six	Zero	Three	Six	Zero	Three	Six
Electrical conductivity (µS cm⁻¹ g⁻¹)*
Aerated	678 aA	955 cB	961 dB	169 aA	317 dB	429 cC	114 aA	335 dB	329 dB
Airtight	678 aC	511 aB	428 aA	169 aB	161 aB	150 aA	114 aA	148 bC	138 aB
Bag	678 aB	658 bA	781 bC	169 aB	156 aA	167 bB	114 aA	133 aB	145 bC
Non-aerated	678 aC	351 aA	466 cB	169 aA	170 cA	168 bA	114 aA	157 cB	209 cC
Germination (%)*
Aerated	40.50 aC	08.00 aB	05.50 aA	87.50 aC	44.50 aB	21.00 aA	97.50 aB	92.00 aA	93.50 aA
Airtight	40.50 aA	54.00 dC	39.50 cB	87.50 aA	97.50 bC	95.00 bB	97.50 aA	98.50 bA	98.50 bA
Bag	40.50 aB	47.50 cB	25.50 bA	87.50 aA	94.50 aB	94.50 bB	97.50 aA	97.50 bA	96.50 bA
Non-aerated	40.50 aB	37.50 bA	44.50 dB	87.50 aA	95.00 aB	95.00 bB	97.50 aB	96.00 bB	94.00 aA

*Means followed by the capital letter in the line for each storage time and lowercase in the column for each storage form, do not differ at 5% probability.

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