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The Quality of Alfalfa Seed as Affected by Color and Plumpness 1
Author(s) -
Stewart George,
Carlson J. W.
Publication year - 1932
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1932.00021962002400020006x
Subject(s) - george (robot) , agricultural experiment station , service (business) , agriculture , operations research , history , mathematics , business , archaeology , art history , marketing
An earlier experiment ~ established that there were in the laboratory rather wide differences in the germinating power of alfalfa seed separates of various colors and of different degrees of plumpness. In the first place, it was shown that germination studies on blotting paper gave a considerably higher percentage of sprouts, especially for the discolored fractions, than when the seedlings from the same lot of seed were compelled to penetrate 3/8 inch of sandy loam soil. These differences are briefly summarized in Table ~. Another experiment with color separates replicated three to five times and the whole repeated seven times showed the effect of the same color and maturity fractions on the percentage of seedling plants which established themselves in the labo[atory after coming through 3/8 inch of sandy soil. The results were as follows: Plants Color fraction established