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Development of a hand tool to test the degree of retting of flax straw
Author(s) -
SEABY D. A.,
MERCER P. C.
Publication year - 1984
Publication title -
annals of applied biology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 80
eISSN - 1744-7348
pISSN - 0003-4746
DOI - 10.1111/j.1744-7348.1984.tb03040.x
Subject(s) - retting , biology , agricultural engineering , horticulture , agronomy , botany , engineering
SUMMARY To determine the optimum conditions for inducing retting of flax, by the application of glyphosate herbicide, it is necessary to have an easily portable tool which will give a rapid, accurate assessment of the stage that retting has reached. Such a tool, which can be used to test individual stems, is described and the estimates of retting obtained compared with those from other methods.