@article{
author = "Đokić, Dragoslav and Stanisavljević, Rade and Terzić, Dragan and Milenković, Jasmina and Jevtić, Goran and Štrbanović, Ratibor and Koprivica, Ranko",
year = "2021",
abstract = "This paper presents the results of the seed processing of ten lots of natural alfalfa
seed with different purity (from 68.0% to 86.5%). The test was carried out at the
seed processing center of the Institute for forage crops Kruševac-Serbia. Seed
losses, processing output, seed yield and quality of the processed seed were
investigated. It is important that the difference between the amounts of pure seed
from laboratory assessment and the actual amount after processing, are low. The
purity of natural alfalfa seed depends on the crop condition and the harvest process.
In the seed processing of small-grained leguminous plants, the processing output of
seed is directly dependent on the percentage of weed species and other species in
the natural seed. Seeds of quarantine weeds of dodder and curly dock are a
particularly big problem in alfalfa seeds. In the case of high-purity seeds with low
quarantine weeds share, processing output are high. By the legal procedure on the
seed quality, the content of pure seed, inert materials, weeds and other species in
the processed seeds is defined. The efficiency of the alfalfa seed processing
depends on the initial purity of the seed, as well as the applied technical and
technological process of seed processing. Based on the obtained results, it is
possible to optimally adjust and select the appropriate equipment for the processing
of alfalfa seed, depending on the quantity and type of weeds and other ingredients
in the natural alfalfa seeds.",
publisher = "Univerisity of East Sarajevo, Faculty of Agriculture",
journal = "Agrofor",
title = "The influence of different purity of natural alfalfa seeds on the processing efficiency",
pages = "11-5",
number = "2",
volume = "4",
doi = "10.7251/agreng1902005d"
}
