A chemical test for identification of lucerne (Medicago sativa) seeds

dc.contributor	Francis, CM
dc.contributor	Millington, AJ
dc.contributor	Mehta, RK
dc.date.accessioned	2012-03-07T23:06:26Z
dc.date.available	2012-03-07T23:06:26Z
dc.date.issued	1967
dc.identifier.citation	Aust. J. Exp. Agr. (1967) 7(27): 357-359
dc.identifier.uri	http://livestocklibrary.com.au/handle/1234/23532
dc.description.abstract	Lucerne seed, whose importation is restricted in some countries, was distinguished from most annual medic seed by means of a chemical test based on the detection, by thin-layer chromatography, of two characteristic phenolic compounds, which displayed yellow fluorescence under ultra-violet light. One hundred and forty-four Medicago species and varieties, including 12 of lucerne, were tested using the relatively simple technique that was sensitive enough to locate the reference compounds in samples as small as two seeds, and could readily be adapted to the testing of large numbers of seed samples.
dc.publisher	CSIRO Publishing
dc.source.uri	http://www.publish.csiro.au/?act=view_file&file_id=EA9670357.pdf
dc.title	A chemical test for identification of lucerne (Medicago sativa) seeds
dc.type	Research
dc.description.version	Journal article
dc.identifier.volume	7
dc.identifier.page	357-359
dc.identifier.issue	27