一、前言玉米是新疆主要晚秋粮食作物之一,收获时气温逐渐下降,籽粒往往得不到很好的自然干燥,就转入慢长的冬季贮藏期,这样入库的玉米含水量过高,加之有的仓库管理不善,从而造成烂种。1979年精河县种子公司贮存32万斤维尔156杂交种全部丧失种用价值。因此,除搞好仓库建设,建立合理的保管制度,实行科学管理外,严格控制玉米种子入库水分,测定其贮 I. INTRODUCTION Corn is one of the major late autumn grain crops in Xinjiang. The temperature gradually drops when harvesting. The grains are often not well-naturally dried, and then transferred to the long, slow winter storage period. Thus, the moisture content of the corn stored in the storage is too high, Combined with poor warehouse management, resulting in rotten species. In 1979, Jinghe County Seed Company stored 320000 jin of Virgil 156 hybrids all lost seed value. Therefore, in addition to doing a good job of building warehouses, establishing a reasonable storage system and implementing scientific management, the water content of maize seeds is strictly controlled and its storage