Comparative study of methods of determining oil content of sunflower seed

1981 ◽  
Vol 58 (11) ◽  
pp. 993-996 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. A. Robertson ◽  
W. R. Windham
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (No. 1) ◽  
pp. 53-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
M.E. Saleh ◽  
A.A. El-Refaey ◽  
A.H. Mahmoud

1977 ◽  
Vol 89 (3) ◽  
pp. 663-666 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. Sionit

SummaryThe effects on seed yield of two levels of water stress at four stages of development were investigated in two varieties of sunflower, Krasnodarets and Record. The plants were grown from seed in large pots in an air-conditioned glasshouse at 26/20 °C and 70% relative humidity, with natural summer illumination. They were subjected to water stress before head formation, during head formation, during flowering, and during seed development.The leaf water potential of plants subjected to a water stress of – 16 bars returned to normal after rewatering, but plants subjected to – 23 bars did not return to their prestress level and some leaves died. A water stress of – 16 bars caused no significant reduction in dry weight of the vegetative structures, but stress at all stages of growth reduced seed yield. A water stress of – 23 bars reduced both total dry weight and seed yield at all stages of growth, seed yield being reduced more by a stress of – 23 bars than of – 16 bars. Oil content was slightly reduced by water stress.Water stress during anthesis reduced sunflower seed yield more than during later stages of development.


1945 ◽  
Vol 23f (2) ◽  
pp. 91-103
Author(s):  
H. R. Sallans ◽  
M. Berenbom ◽  
R. K. Larmour

To determine the importance of bushel weight as a factor in grading, 51 samples of Sunrise and 34 samples of Mennonite seed were examined for associations between bushel weight and other properties of commercial sunflower seed.Highly significant correlations of bushel weight with total oil content of the seed, r =.867**; percentage kernel, r =.740**; percentage oil in the kernel, r =.795**; and percentage nitrogen in the kernels, r = −.467** were obtained. Oil yield, estimated on the basis of a cake containing 5% oil and 10% moisture, was also associated with bushel weight, r =.871**. The correlation coefficients of bushel weight with iodine value, acid value, and refractive index were not significant.The present grade specifications fail to take full advantage of bushel weight as a factor in grading sunflower seed since the levels were set too low to be effective. It is suggested that the levels might well be 30 lb. for No. 1, 26 lb. for No. 2, and 22 lb. for No. 3 instead of 24 lb. for No. 1 and 21 lb. for No. 2 and No. 3. The effects of this change are discussed in relation to grading of the two varieties and the establishment of appropriate price spreads between grades.** Indicates that the 1% level of significance was attained.


1956 ◽  
Vol 33 (7) ◽  
pp. 314-316 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert M. Johnson ◽  
W. Haward Hunt ◽  
M. H. Neustadt ◽  
Lawrence Zeleny

1995 ◽  
Vol 127 (4) ◽  
pp. 561-568 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chengwang Peng ◽  
Gary J. Brewer

AbstractThe control of the red sunflower seed weevil, Smicronyx fulvus LeConte, relies on the use of insecticides. An economic injury level is essential to the judicious deployment of insecticidal control. Field studies were conducted in 1992 and 1993 to quantify the weight loss and oil content loss of damaged kernels as a result of larval infestation and the relationship between the adult weevil population and the subsequent number of damaged achenes. We found that for each weevil sampled in plant stages R5.0–5.3, 26.88 damaged achenes resulted. Damaged kernels lost an average of 9.86 ± 2.36 mg (mean ± SD) per kernel, approximately equal to the amount consumed by a single larva. The oil content loss in damaged kernels was 3.34%. Economic injury levels were calculated as a function of the cost of controls, the market value, and the plant population density. Use of adult weevil counts when most plants in the fields are in plant stages R5.0–5.3 are recommended for calculating economic status.


2013 ◽  
Vol 115 (9) ◽  
pp. 1070-1077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adeline Deblangey ◽  
Jean-Michel Roger ◽  
Bernard Palagos ◽  
Gilbert Grenier ◽  
Ryad Bendoula

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