Flash flaming effectively removes appendages and improves the seed coating potential of grass florets

Restoration Ecology

Volumn 24, Issue , 2016, Pages S98-S105

  Guzzomi, Andrew L ^a   Erickson, Todd E ^a,b   Ling, King Y ^a   Dixon, Kingsley W ^c   Merritt, David J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b KINGS PARK AND BOTANIC GARDEN   (Australia)

^c CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

direct seeding; engineering solutions; mechanization; restoration; seed cleaning; Triodia

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL TECHNOLOGY; FLOWER; GRASSLAND; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; SEEDING;

AUSTRALIA;

POACEAE; TRIODIA; WISEANA;

EID: 84984596958     PISSN: 10612971     EISSN: 1526100X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/rec.12386     Document Type: Article

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