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Published in Crop Sci 9:144-147 (1969)
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Influence of Grain Moisture at Harvest on Seed Yield, Quality, and Seedling Vigor of Rice1

E. A. Oelke, R. B. Ball, C. M. Wick and M. D. Miller2

Rice (Oryza sativa L.), Cultivar Caloro, was harvested at 13 levels of moisture content in the grain beginning at 43% and ending at 13%. Seed yields increased rapidly as grain moisture decreased from 43 to 31%. They increased slowly between 31 and 19%, but remained constant thereafter. Weight per seed and liter weight followed the same trend as seed yields. Germination percentage increased steadily as grain moisture decreased. Speed of emergence of seedlings through 10 cm of water was faster when grain was harvested below 20% moisture. Shoot length of seedlings grown on blotters held at a 67° angle in a germinator indicated earlier and faster growth as grain moisture decreased to 13%. Resistance of seedlings to the water mold (Achlya klebsiana Pieters) was optimum when grain was harvested at 13% moisture.

Key Words: Seed maturity • Weight per seed • Germination • Seedling resistance to water mold

1 Contribution from the Department of Agronomy, University of California, Davis, Agricultural Extension Service, University of California and California Crop Improvement Association, Davis.

2 Former Assistant Agronomist, Department of Agronomy; Associate Specialist, Department of Agronomy; Farm Advisor, Agricultural Extension Service; Extension Agronomist, Department of Agronomy.

Received for publication March 14, 1968.




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