Peanut (Arachis hypogaea L.) seeds of the cultivar Tatu, produced at the Centro Experimental de Campinas, in the 1970/1971 crop year, were manually and mechanically shelled, treated with fungicide, and kept in a store-room maintained at 15°C and 35% relative humidity for a period of 36 months. Manually shelled seeds presented, after 36 months of storage, the germination of 87%, while those mechanically shelled exhibited in the same period, the germination of 62%. Results showed that it is possible to preserve treated peanut seeds in the above mentioned conditions for at least 36 months when manually shelled, and for at least, 24-30 months when mechanically shelled.
storage; cold and dry; seeds; peanut; Arachis hypogaea L.