Harvesting, processing and marketing Australian native grass seeds
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Article Title | Harvesting, processing and marketing Australian native grass seeds |
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ERA Journal ID | 5205 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Loch, D. S. (Author), Johnston, P. W. (Author), Jensen, troy (Author) and Harvey, G. L. (Author) |
Journal Title | New Zealand Journal of Agricultural Research |
Journal Citation | 39, pp. 591-599 |
Number of Pages | 9 |
Year | 1996 |
Place of Publication | Wellington, New Zealand |
ISSN | 0028-8233 |
Abstract | A number of useful Australian native grasses have been identified for various situations: for turf, amenity, and ornamental purposes; for revegetation of mine spoil, roadsides, and degraded land; and as forages. Their commercialisation depends on developing appropriate seed-harvesting and processing technology, thereby ensuring that seed is produced in a form that can be sown satisfactorily and gives reliable establishment. While conventional header harvesters can be used with some species (e.g., Astrebla lappacea), beater and (especially) brush harvesters have been more successful with many others, particularly grasses with light, difficult-to-handle, chaffy seeds. After harvest, chaffy seeds can be processed to make their subsequent handling and sowing easier. Choice of processing method depends on the structural complexity of the dispersal units and on the particular chaffy appendages involved. Awns and sterile spikelets are comparatively easy to remove, with surface hairs and bristles the most difficult. |
Keywords | seed harvesting; seed processing; seed handling; seed marketing; Australian native grasses |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 409901. Agricultural engineering |
Public Notes | c. The Royal Society of New Zealand 1996. |
Byline Affiliations | Department of Primary Industries, Queensland |
Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries, Queensland | |
Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, Queensland | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
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