Glasnik Zaštite Bilja, Vol. 32 No. 6, 2009.
Original scientific paper
Mechanical harvesting of pumpkin seeds
Stjepan Sito
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zavod za mehanizaciju poljoprivrede
Stjepan Ivančan
; Agronomski fakultet Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Zavod za mehanizaciju poljoprivrede
Edi Barković
; Agronomskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Ana Mucalo
; Agronomskog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Zagrebu
Abstract
One of the key problems in production technology of pumpkin seed for oil production is mechanized harvesting and losses of seed during mechanical harvesting. The losses of pumpkin seed during mechanical harvesting at peripheral velocity of 1.57 m/s (optimally adjusted machine) were 4.4% for Gleisdorf species, 5.2% for Slovenska species and 7.8% for pumpkin with husk. The higher average losses of pumpkin seed with husk were caused by tight connection of seed and pumpkin fruit.
Keywords
pumpkin seed; seed harvesting; seed losses
Hrčak ID:
163401
URI
Publication date:
16.12.2009.
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