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A Water-Spray System for Removing Seed from Soil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  12 June 2017

David A. Kovach ,
Donald C. Thill  and
Frank L. Young
David A. Kovach
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant, Soil, Entomol. Sci., Univ. Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843
Donald C. Thill
Affiliation:
Dep. Plant, Soil, Entomol. Sci., Univ. Idaho, Moscow, ID 83843
Frank L. Young
Affiliation:
U.S. Dep. Agric., Agric. Res. Serv., Pullman, WA 99164
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Abstract

A seed remover using a modified water-spray system was constructed to separate weed seeds rapidly and effectively from a silt loam soil A 1-kg soil sample can be washed through the seed remover in 6 min. Using a 500-μ mesh sieve, only 70% of small shepherdspurse seeds were recovered, while 100% of larger seeds of henbit, curly dock, wild oats, and downy brome were recovered. The modified seed remover system reduced the required man-hours by more than 50% compared to previous systems.

Keywords

Curly dock, Rumex crispus L. # RUMCRdowny brome, Bromus tectorum L. # BROTEhenbit, Lamium amplexicaule L. # LAMAMshepherdspurse, Capsella bursa-pastoris (L.) Medik. # CAPBPwild oats, Avena fatua L, # AVEFAAvena fatuaBromus tectorumCapsella bursa-pastorisLamium amplexicauleRumex crispusAVEFABROTECAPBPLAMAMRUMCR

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Research
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Weed Technology , Volume 2 , Issue 3 , July 1988 , pp. 338 - 341
Copyright
Copyright © 1988 by the Weed Science Society of America 

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