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The Use of Desiccant Sprays in Harvesting Birdsfoot Trefoil For Seed¹

Synopsis: Data indicate that several desiccants can be used successfully in the harvest of birdsfoot trefoil seed. Of the desiccants used, DNBP, PCP, and endothal appeared to be the most effective. The chemicals tested did not affect seed viability or stand recovery. The use of desiccants increased the speed and ease of direct combining. Seed moisture content in desiccated plants was reduced from that in the check plants. The natural variability of climatic conditions, especially temperature and relative humidity, may affect seed pod dehiscence, regardless of harvest method.

² Assistant Professor of Agronomy and of Botany and Plant Pathology, Professor of Agronomy, and Associate Professor of Agronomy, respectively. Acknowledgment is due to W. F. Buchele, Assistant Professor of Agricultural Engineering, for assistance in harvesting in 1954 and 1955.

³ Experimental samples were supplied by the Dow Chemical Co., Hercules Powder Co., Pennsylvania Salt Manufacturing Co., California Spray-Chemical Co., American Cyanamid Co., U. S. Rubber Co., and Standard Agricultural Chemicals, Inc.

Received for publication January 13, 1956.

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