Harvest ripeness in grass seed crops
作者:
R. A. D. PEGLER,
期刊:
Grass and Forage Science
(WILEY Available online 1976)
卷期:
Volume 31,
issue 1
页码: 7-13
ISSN:0142-5242
年代: 1976
DOI:10.1111/j.1365-2494.1976.tb01108.x
出版商: Blackwell Publishing Ltd
数据来源: WILEY
摘要:
AbstractTen varieties of forage grasses, including perennial and Italian ryegrasses, tall and meadow fescues, cocksfoot and timothy, grown in seed‐production drills were sequentially harvested from 14 days after peaks of flowering. Seed germination capacities were generally good in seed samples harvested early in the mattiration period, with the exception of timothy. PeaJc yields of germinable seed were usually obtained some time after shedding had begun; delay in harvesting resulted in further seed losses, some of which were substantial. The maxima of individual seed weights mostly did not coincide with, and were frequently later than the peaks of germinable seed yields. Endospenns did not generally harden until after the maxima of germinable seed yields. Endosperm development stages were found to be reliable guides to assessment of correct harvest date, and it is suggested that examination of endosperm consistencies be used to corroborate assessment of harvesting times tising moisture meter
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