Technical note: Measuring moisture content of small seeds

Journal of Range Management

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 179-180

  Booth, D Terrance ^a   Bai, Yuguang ^b,c  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WYOMING   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Analytical balance; Artemisia tridentata ssp. wyomingensis; Sagebrush; Tin capsule

Indexed keywords

MEASUREMENT TECHNIQUE; MOISTURE CONTENT; SEED;

ARTEMISIA; ARTEMISIA TRIDENTATA; TRIDENTATA;

EID: 0031890485     PISSN: 0022409X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/4003204     Document Type: Article

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4. Meyer, S.E. Artemisia. In: F. Bonner (ed). Seeds of Woody Plants of the United States-Revised. USDA, Forest Serv. (In press).