relation: http://oar.icrisat.org/5118/
title: Seed dryers for experiment stations, design, construction, and testing of a prototype
creator: Ravindranath, K
subject: Oilseeds
subject: Agriculture-Farming, Production, Technology, Economics
description: In order to maintain viability and superior seed quality it is essential  that seeds be stored in properly conditioned and safe storage facilities after  drying to required mositure content. In case of germplasm and breeders' seed  in an experiment station, it becomes all the more essential that seed drying  and storage be carried out with utmost care since the seed involved is valuable  and if lost cannot be reproduced. The moisture content of seed at harvest is  too high to permit safe storage. The seed, therefore, has to be dried to safer  levels of moisture for storing. Similarly material from yield trials is required  to be brought to a uniform level of moisture for comparative analysis. In  addition to seed, there are a number of plant samples that the researchers need  to dry for analysis.
publisher: International Agricultural Centre
contributor: Dijkstra, J
contributor: Santen, A Van
date: 1980
type: Conference or Workshop Item
type: PeerReviewed
format: application/pdf
language: en
identifier: http://oar.icrisat.org/5118/1/0010.pdf
identifier:   Ravindranath, K  (1980) Seed dryers for experiment stations, design, construction, and testing of a prototype.  In: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Mechanization of Field Experiments, 4-8 Aug 1980, Wageningen, The Netherlands .