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Delinting Small Samples of Cotton Seed with Dilute Sulfuric Acid 1
Author(s) -
McCarty J. C.,
Lambert Lavone,
Jenkins J. N.,
Parrott W. L.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
crop science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.76
H-Index - 147
eISSN - 1435-0653
pISSN - 0011-183X
DOI - 10.2135/cropsci1977.0011183x001700040050x
Subject(s) - sulfuric acid , germination , biology , sowing , gossypium hirsutum , malvaceae , agronomy , gossypium barbadense , gossypium , horticulture , materials science , metallurgy
The current procedure of using concentrated sulfuric acid to prepare numerous small samples of cotton seed for planting is tedious and is hazardous to both the seed and the technician. A dilute sulfuric acid process was adapted to delint small samples of cotton ( Gossypium hirsutum L.) seed. Three to four hundred samples per day, each ca. 80 g of fuzzy seed, can be delinted using this process. More than 6,000 small samples were delinted and planted in 1976; germination was not affected.