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Miller McDonald
Department of Horticulture and Crop Science
Ohio State University
Columbus, OH, USA 43210-1086
Brazil is noted for its ability to produce high quality coffee and tropical grass forage seeds that are marketed around the world. How they successfully accomplish this task is the subject of this production. This DVD includes seed production practices for coffee, Panicum maximum, and Brachiaria spp.
The coffee presentation includes the following:
Choosing trees
Harvesting
Seed Processing (washing, peeling, fermentation)
Seed Drying and Storage
Seed Germination Testing
Tetrazolium Chloride Testing
Producing Coffee Seedlings
Greenhouse Production
The Panicum and Brachiaria presentations emphasize the advantages and disadvantages of different harvesting alternatives, along with a presentation of the seed cleaning and quality evaluation procedures.
This DVD is currently available in three languages: English, Spanish, and Portuguese.
Links to preview videos:
Coffee (English – Spanish – Portuguese)
Panicum maximum(English – Spanish – Portuguese)
Brachiaria spp. (English – Spanish – Portuguese)
