Physical and mechanical properties of eastern gamagrass seed
Conventional seed dehulling methods are unable to separate caryopses from intact cupules of eastern gamagrass as the cupules are thick and rigid, and the seeds are irregular-shaped. To put forward a feasible method of mechanical dehulling, we investigated and analysed the physical and mechanical cha...
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| description | Conventional seed dehulling methods are unable to separate caryopses from intact cupules of eastern gamagrass as the cupules are thick and rigid, and the seeds are irregular-shaped. To put forward a feasible method of mechanical dehulling, we investigated and analysed the physical and mechanical characteristics of intact seeds, cupules and caryopses, and then evaluated the characterics that can be applied in mechanical dehulling. The testing results indicated that the tertraploid cultivar Meadowcrest had a larger seed size and a heavier seed mass than diploid Pete. The mean caryopsis mass was approximately 1/3 and 1/4 of the intact seed mass for Pete and Meadowcrest, respectively. The intact cupule was approximately twice as long as the caryopsis for all three seed lots measured. The moisture content of the cupules was significantly lower than that of the caryopses. The rupture force of the intact cupules was 1/2-2/3 of the caryopses for Pete and Meadowcrest when pressed longitudinally, respectively. Seed size, moisture content and rupture force codetermined that longitudinal seed pressing might be an effective method to remove the cupules without harming the caryopses. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-3a0e01dc5cd64abdbd9aada55e95bc1f2025-08-20T03:32:11ZengZhejiang University Press浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版1008-92092097-51552018-07-014450751410.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2018.07.18010089209Physical and mechanical properties of eastern gamagrass seedHUANG WenchengZHANG LinYE DapengTAYLOR Alan GeorgeConventional seed dehulling methods are unable to separate caryopses from intact cupules of eastern gamagrass as the cupules are thick and rigid, and the seeds are irregular-shaped. To put forward a feasible method of mechanical dehulling, we investigated and analysed the physical and mechanical characteristics of intact seeds, cupules and caryopses, and then evaluated the characterics that can be applied in mechanical dehulling. The testing results indicated that the tertraploid cultivar Meadowcrest had a larger seed size and a heavier seed mass than diploid Pete. The mean caryopsis mass was approximately 1/3 and 1/4 of the intact seed mass for Pete and Meadowcrest, respectively. The intact cupule was approximately twice as long as the caryopsis for all three seed lots measured. The moisture content of the cupules was significantly lower than that of the caryopses. The rupture force of the intact cupules was 1/2-2/3 of the caryopses for Pete and Meadowcrest when pressed longitudinally, respectively. Seed size, moisture content and rupture force codetermined that longitudinal seed pressing might be an effective method to remove the cupules without harming the caryopses.https://www.academax.com/doi/10.3785/j.issn.1008-9209.2018.07.180eastern gamagrass seedcapulecaryopsisphysical and mechanical propertiesrupture force |
| spellingShingle | HUANG Wencheng ZHANG Lin YE Dapeng TAYLOR Alan George Physical and mechanical properties of eastern gamagrass seed 浙江大学学报. 农业与生命科学版 eastern gamagrass seed capule caryopsis physical and mechanical properties rupture force |
| title | Physical and mechanical properties of eastern gamagrass seed |
| title_full | Physical and mechanical properties of eastern gamagrass seed |
| title_fullStr | Physical and mechanical properties of eastern gamagrass seed |
| title_full_unstemmed | Physical and mechanical properties of eastern gamagrass seed |
| title_short | Physical and mechanical properties of eastern gamagrass seed |
| title_sort | physical and mechanical properties of eastern gamagrass seed |
| topic | eastern gamagrass seed capule caryopsis physical and mechanical properties rupture force |
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