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Effects of Seed Carriers on Seedling Establishment after Fluid Drilling

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2008

R. J. Darby
R. J. Darby
Affiliation:
National Vegetable Research Station, Wellesbourne, Warwick CV35 9EF, UK
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Summary

Six products possessing suitable physical properties as fluid carriers for pre-germinated seed were assessed for their effects on seedling emergence. Both glasshouse and field experiments measured the carriers' performance on eight crop species at varying extrusion rates and under different environmental conditions. Synthetic clay or polyacrylate increased seedling emergence by 10% compared with the sodium alginate control. Seedling emergence was least affected by moisture stress when synthetic clay was used as the carrier.

Type
Research Article
Information
Experimental Agriculture , Volume 16 , Issue 2 , April 1980 , pp. 153 - 160
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1980

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